A bride's story, volume 7 - kaoru mori

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Moris tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues as Mr.

Smith extends his journey.

This time, he is welcomed into the home of a wealthy tradesman and his wife, Anis.

Custom dictates that, as a woman, Anis is not permitted to meet their visitor face-to-face, but even so, she counts herself blessed to live in such a beautiful estate and be married to a man who devotes himself solely to her.

Still, one cannot help but long for the companionship of another person when ones closest friend is a reluctant Persian cat.

In her loneliness, Anis visits the public bath house and discovers a place where she feels immediately free among her fellow sisters.

Crafted in painstaking detail, Ms.

Moris pen breathes life into the scenery and architecture of the period in this heart-warming, slice-of-life tale that is at once wholly exotic, yet familiar and accessible through the everyday lives of the characters she has created.