The scent of sake / Joyce Lebra.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0061662372
- ISBN: 9780061662379
- Physical Description: x, 366 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Avon edition
- Publisher: New York : Avon, 2009.
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- Includes notes to readers and Readers' Clubs questions.
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- Rice wines industry > Japan > History > Fiction.
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Japan > History > 19th century > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
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- 2 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Rutherford County Library | F Leb (Text) | 38801101284104 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
