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Japan, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical adventure, Historical fiction
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- Paperback Mar 12, 2013 | 9780755389285 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 17, 2013 | 9780755390991 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 5, 2012 | 9780755389278 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Mar 12, 2013 | 9780755389285 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 17, 2013 | 9780755390991 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 5, 2012 | 9780755389278 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 12, 2013 | 9780755389285 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 17, 2013 | 9780755390991 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 5, 2012 | 9780755389278 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA meets CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - THE PILLOW BOOK OF THE FLOWER SAMURAI is a gorgeously vivid, fresh historical novel that instantly captures the imagination.
I am Kozaisho: Fifth daughter, Woman-For-Play, teller of stories, lover, wife and Flower Samurai.
In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of twelfth century Japan, one young girl begins her epic journey, from the warmth of family to the Village of Outcasts. Marked out by an auspicious omen, she is trained in the ancient warrior arts of the samurai. But it is through the power of storytelling that she learns to fight her fate, twisting her life onto a path even she could not have imagined...
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Barbara Lazar
Barbara Lazar studied English Literature at Syracuse University; she received her masters from the University of South Florida in Tampa and was selected to be that university's representative to the Florida Poetry Festival and received her doctorate from the University of Virginia in reading education. She taught for many years, worked as a mainframe programmer for NASA, and wrote and taught as an Instructional Systems Designer for major corporations. Obsessed with Japanese culture and its rich history of storytelling, she has spent the last twelve years meticulously researching what has become THE PILLOW BOOK OF THE FLOWER SAMURAI. She currently writes and teaches in San Antonio, Texas.
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