The Scent of SakeA stunning historical novel about the hidden culture of the Japanese Sake brewing families in the 19th century. She was taught to submit, to obey . . . but she dreamed of an empire. The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen year old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male