A Woman of Pleasure Format:Paperback this collection looks at the

this collection looks at the legacies of colonialism and racism but never shies away from highlighting the beauty—and joy—that comes from celebrating who you are and where you come from

But that was never the whole story of Greenwood

Maybe there is a way for them to both get what they want

war looming

” —Bernardine Evaristo

A Woman of Pleasure Format:Paperback this collection looks at theAn unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real life historic Japanese courtesan strike In 1903, a fifteen year old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protge of an oiran, the highest ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi