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Ellis averys first novel, the teahouse fire, set in the tea ceremony world of nineteenthcentury japan, has been translated into five languages and has won three awards, including the american library association stonewall award. The teahouse fire, ellis averys first novel, is an epic of late 19th century japan, as seen through the eyes of an american orphanaurelia bernard. American library association stonewall fiction award lambda literary award for debut fiction ohioana library fiction award kiriyama. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to.
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