Book Recommendation: Memoirs of a Geisha

I would recommend the book Memoirs of a Geisha. While this may sound uninteresting to you, I assure you that it will be very worthwhile. Not only does it describe Japanese culture in intricate detail, but it also describes the hardships that Chiyo, the main character, experiences in her path to become a geisha. The novel describes Japanese life in the Depression and World War II with brutal honesty but with an innocence and romanticism that will evoke many emotions, and I assure you that you will not be able to put it down.