Lebra-Chapman, Joyce, 1925-
The scent of sake / Joyce Lebra. - 1st Avon pbk. ed. - New York : Avon, 2009. - x, 366 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes notes to readers and Readers' Clubs questions.
The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male-dominated society, women may not even enter the brewery--and repressive tradition demands that Rie turn over her family's business to the inept philanderer she's been forced to marry. She is even expected to raise her husband's children by another woman--a geisha--so that they can eventually run the Omura enterprise. But Rie's pride will not allow her to relinquish what is rightfully hers.
9780061662379 (trade pbk.) 0061662372 (trade pbk.)
2008023674
GBA8D6118 bnb
014844522 Uk
Rice wines--History--Japan--Fiction.
Rice wines industry--History--Japan--Fiction.
Japan--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR9499.3.L43 / S34 2009
813/.6
The scent of sake / Joyce Lebra. - 1st Avon pbk. ed. - New York : Avon, 2009. - x, 366 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes notes to readers and Readers' Clubs questions.
The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male-dominated society, women may not even enter the brewery--and repressive tradition demands that Rie turn over her family's business to the inept philanderer she's been forced to marry. She is even expected to raise her husband's children by another woman--a geisha--so that they can eventually run the Omura enterprise. But Rie's pride will not allow her to relinquish what is rightfully hers.
9780061662379 (trade pbk.) 0061662372 (trade pbk.)
2008023674
GBA8D6118 bnb
014844522 Uk
Rice wines--History--Japan--Fiction.
Rice wines industry--History--Japan--Fiction.
Japan--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR9499.3.L43 / S34 2009
813/.6