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Memoirs of a Geisha By Arthur Golden Vintage Books, New York 434 pages Memoirs of a Geisha is a captivating look into the world of geisha that was so popular among Japanese so many years ago. It transports the reader into a by-gone era where young girls are sold to be raised as geisha, and where their virginity is sold to the highest bidder. The book is written as a sort of autobiography about one of Gion’s most celebrated and respected geisha, although it is actually a novel. Memoirs of a Geisha is Golden’s first novel. It is extremely well researched, as it provides an accurate account of the life of a geisha. The book follows the progress of a small girl, Chiyo-chan, as she finds herself going through all sorts of cruelty as she trains to be become a geisha. Chiyo-chan had a very unglamorous life until she was about nine years old. That is when her mother became very ill, and because Chiyo’s father was too o