TY - BOOK AU - Otto,Whitney TI - A collection of beauties at the height of their popularity: a novel SN - 0375505458 (acid-free paper) AV - PS 3565.T795 .C685 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Young adults KW - Fiction KW - Bars (Drinking establishments) KW - Bildungsromans KW - gsafd KW - San Francisco (Calif.) N1 - Entrance -- A story of love on the veranda -- Twelve hours in the yoshivara -- A sundial of maidens -- A collection of beauties at the height of their popularity -- Beauties along the tokaido -- Love deeply concealed -- Moon of the pleasure quarters -- Tale of a strange marriage -- Woman reading a letter -- Edo castle and the nightless castle -- A moored pleasure boat beneath a bridge -- Lunacy unrolling letters -- The book lover -- Two pillow books; Also issued online N2 - In 1980s San Francisco, a group of rootless young characters drifts through life, enjoying their friendship, romances, and shared experiences while congregating at the Youki Singe Tea Room, a North Beach bar, while searching for love, meaning, and a truehome UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001041908-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001041908-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001041908-b.html ER -