Peer Into Others

I've found a favorite genre, memoirs. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Memoirs of a Geisha, seem to captivate me. True, they are both about asian women but my fascination of stereotypes and love of historical Japan make them wonderful reads to me. Amy Chau, in Tiger Mother raises her children as a typical Chinese mother would, as her father raised her, and the inner and outer rebellion of herself and her family. Memoirs of a Geisha  is what I'm currently reading, and as her good friend "Jakob-san" as she refers to him Nitta Sayuri recalls her tales from growing up in the small fishing village of Yoriodo to Mr. Tanaka plucking her and her sister to becoem Geishas. While I'm not nearly close to being done with the book, it has already enthralled me in Sayuri's tales.