Summary:
A first-person essay written as the character of Sayuri in "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden.
Satsu - Satsu is my sister, and I will always love her. I haven't seen her since she ran away from the Miyagawa-cho district with her boyfriend, I hope she's happy. Sometimes I feel like if she really loved me she would have made some attempt to find me. But, maybe she has... I'll never know. And even though we were sisters, we weren't exactly close. My personality had a lot of water, and hers had a lot of wood. I love her, but I've given up missing her long, long ago.
Hatsumomo-san - Hatsumomo is such a vile woman! Never have I known anyone like her. She is mean for the sake of being mean. She went out of her way in an attempt to ruin my career as a geisha. A purely, completely, utterly heartless.....
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