SUMMARY - Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha is about a young girl named Chiyo. As things change in her family's life, they are unable to support her. Because of this, her father sells her to a geisha house in Kyoto. Once she arrives there she is subjected to slavery and becomes a maid for a deceitful geisha named Hatsumomo. Many people are enthralled by Chiyo’s beauty and unique blue-grey eyes, which leads up to her training to become a geisha. Living in a world where beauty means everything, virginity is something to auction, and love is rejected, Chiyo thrives to find herself and become a successful geisha.