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White Chrysanthemum

White Chrysanthemum

by Mary Lynn Bracht
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/09/2018

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The heartbreaking story of Korea during the Second World War is brought to life in this gripping, redemptive debut about two sisters

'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.'

Hana and her little sister Emi are part of an island community of haenyo, women who make their living from diving deep into the sea off the southernmost tip of Korea.

One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day’s catch on the beach. Her mother has told her again and again never to be caught alone with one. Terrified for her sister, Hana swims as hard as she can for the shore.

So begins the story of two sisters suddenly and violently separated by war. Moving between Hana in 1943 and Emi as an old woman today, White Chrysanthemum takes us into a dark and devastating corner of history — and two women whose love for one another is strong enough to triumph over the evils of war.

“ I read it in one sitting ” Kate Kellaway, Observer

ISBN:
9781784705459
9781784705459
Category:
Historical Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-09-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
196x129x22mm
Weight:
0.23kg
Mary Lynn Bracht

Mary Lynn Bracht is an American author of Korean descent who now lives in London. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She grew up in a large ex-pat community of women who came of age in post-war South Korea.

In 2002 Bracht visited her mother's childhood village, and it was during this trip she first learned of the ‘Comfort Women’ captured and set up in brothels for the Japanese military. White Chrysanthemum is her first novel.

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