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    Dreams From The Hidden House: A Haiku Collection
    Dreams From The Hidden House: A Haiku Collection
    Dreams From The Hidden House: A Haiku Collection
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    Dreams From The Hidden House: A Haiku Collection

    By India Millar

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    Paper was once a
    Living thing. Do words written
    On it also live?

    For the geisha of the Hidden House, the pleasure house in the heart of Edo's notorious Floating World, writing was an escape. A way to forget about the troubles and monotony of their everyday lives and dream, even if just for a moment, of another world. Their fear and joy, pain and pleasure, happiness and sorrow bleed from the ends of the ink brush and onto the pages herein.

    The haikus in this collection are from the Secrets from the Hidden House novels by India Millar, which chronicle the lives of the exquisite geisha who lived in the Hidden House. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Empress Publishing
    Release dateAug 25, 2019
    ISBN9781393725640
    Dreams From The Hidden House: A Haiku Collection

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      Dreams From The Hidden House - India Millar

      Dreams From The Hidden House

      Dreams From The Hidden House

      A Haiku Collection

      India Millar

      Red Empress Publishing

      Red Empress Publishing

      www.RedEmpressPublishing.com

      Copyright © India Millar 2017

      Cover by Cherith Vaughan

      www.shreddedpotato.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recoding, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the author.

      Contents

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      AWAKE

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      DREAMING

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      Thank You!

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