Memoirs of A Geisha

By: Arthur Golden

Narrated by: Elaina Erika Davis

Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. It concludes with World War II when the geisha houses are forced to close and Sayuri reinvents herself and finds a rare kind of freedom on her own terms.©1997 Arthur Golden; (P)1999 Random House, Inc.

Short and Sweet

This is the shortest book I've ever listened too and it packed quite a big punch. The story is intriguing, the narration was so good it transported you to a whole different world. I chose to listen to the abridged version of this book because it is not really the type of book I am interested in, but the reviews are so good I didn't want to miss it completely. This was a good compromise, I got a good taste of what the book was about without having to listen to 14 hours of it. Enjoyable and educational at the same time.

Wow

I waited a long time to read this book because I didn't think I'd like it. I really enjoyed it an would encourage others to check it out!

Tugged at every emotion

It felt so personal hearing it. Anyone who enjoys getting to really know characters in a story, must listen to this. Beautifully read. How I wish I could have known this amazing woman. I felt I was walking there beside her throughout her entire life.

I love listening to to the book it bring peace

à place in time Conway or a rice I like to think we all have been there

A peak into a strange world!

I am not surewhat I expected from this book but what I found was a wolrd very unfamiliar to me. The wold of someone doomed by fate that survived by chance.