![]() ![]() A bold, devastating, important novel shot through with hope and beauty Rachel JoyceĪ deeply moving read about the savage cruelty of war, and the perseverance of love Alice O'Keefe, The Bookseller I read Hana and Emi's story with my heart in my mouth. ![]() ![]() Beautifully written, it’s an impressive debut novel from a writer with a sensitive heart and gifted mind Xiaolu Guo Hana’s tragic life is just one of an estimated 200,000 Korean comfort women’s stories. ![]() White Chrysanthemum is a powerful account of a little discussed subject about the Second World War - comfort women enslaved by the Japanese army - but it’s also about the courage of the women involved who want to speak about their suffering and their cry for justice, peace and love. Mary Lynn Bracht reveals the unfathomable cruelty of Japanese sex slavery during World War II through the unbreakable love of Korean sisters Blaine Harden, New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 Brave, bold, important, this book is beautifully written with characters that will stay with you long after the final, unforgettable paragraph Jackie Copleton, author of A Dictionary of Mutual UnderstandingĮlegantly written, emotionally shattering, and historically accurate, White Chrysanthemum is a feat of literary alchemy. A captivating, controlled and devastating book about the lives of two Korean sisters during the Second World War… Allows us to look at the immediate travesty of the so-called 'comfort women' and the unresolved consequences of sexual slavery for the victims' families. ![]()
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