memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden

i read this book because it's cynthia's favorite book (one thing i would like to do in life is to read all my friends' fav books) and hollywood made a movie based on this book. i still need to watch the movie! anyways, i learned a lot about japanese culture and a geisha's life. the author wrote, in detail, every aspect of a geisha's life that is supposedly highly secretive. i even heard that the geisha golden interviewed was threatened to be killed due to her testimony about her life as a geisha. i think i had a lot of expectations for this book which i cant say were all totally met but i did enjoy reading this book. i imagined and saw beauty when i read Golden's book - a skill/talent few authors have.