Acclaimed creator Kaoru Moris tale of life on the nineteenthcentury Silk Road continues as Mr. Smith extends his journey. This time, he is welcomed into the home of a wealthy tradesman and his wife, Anis. Custom dictates that, as a woman, Anis is not permitted to meet their visitor facetoface, but even so, she counts herself blessed to live in such a beautiful estate and be married to a man who devotes himself solely to her. Still, one cannot help but long for the companionship of another person when ones closest friend is a reluctant Persian cat. In her loneliness, Anis visits the public bath house and discovers a place where she feels immediately free among her fellow sisters.Crafted in painstaking detail, Ms. Moris pen breathes life into the scenery and architecture of the period in this heartwarming, sliceoflife tale that is at once wholly exotic, yet familiar and accessible through the everyday lives of the characters she has created.

Binding: Hardback;192 pages; Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; Classification: FXA; Weight: 496 g; Dimensions: 156 x 217 x 26

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