{"product_id":"9781594482731","title":"The Teahouse Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite—the tea ceremony—became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056966058224,"sku":"9781594482731","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594482731_p0.jpg?v=1763810572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594482731","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}