Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever girl, and adaptable; you can see that from the shape of her ears.

He currently lives in Brookline Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University and received a degree in art history specializing in Japanese art. The lawsuit was settled out of court in February 2003.

Arthur Golden (born December 6 1956) is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).