![]() One night in 1866, fleeing both her uncle and a fire that sweeps the country, she takes shelter in Kyoto's beautiful and mysterious Baishian teahouse, a place that will open entirely new worlds to her-and bring her a new family. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia Bernard, an American orphan who has just turned her back on the only family she has left: the abusive missionary uncle who has brought her along on his mission to Christianize Japan. ![]() It was a period when one's choice of kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan's most mysterious rite-the tea ceremony-became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. ![]() ![]() The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is 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. The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery is a 391-page hardcover published by Riverhead Books. ![]()
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