I bought this on Amazon, it was a bargin book and put me over the "Free Shipping" limit.

An interesting story that took me a little to get into (the portion of how she joined the geiko house was a little tedious, and not so believable - she joined when she was 5, her own choice, and remembers things from when she was 3 -- I know this is possible, but it didn't feel real to me) -- once she was at the house though, I was intrigued, and Mineko Iwasaki has had a very interesting life.

Leaving this on the shelf at work