Memoirs of Geisha

Chiyo was the second daughter of a poor fisherman in Yoroido and a curiosity in her village - her eyes were blue (in the novel they were grey). Chiyos father was old and her mother terminally ill; thus the parents were persuaded to sell their daughters for a more secured life. Chiyo and sister Satsu were promptly sold to the Willow World (prostitution) - Chiyo to a geisha okiya (house), Satsu to a common brothel....