~ Trade Paperback
In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of 12th 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 . . .
A gorgeously vivid, fresh historical novel that instantly captures the imagination, The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai evokes with stunning precision the beauty and clarity of the art and culture of Japan at that time, with Kozaisho's tales woven in bringing a fable-like quality to the story.
"This historical tale packs in a lot of fast-paced action as well as romance, and is certain to attract readers who enjoyed Lisa See's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan as well as Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha." -- Library Journal