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.
Beautifully written, it's an impressive debut novel from a writer with a sensitive heart and gifted mind" - Xiaolu Guo "A captivating, controlled and devastating book about the lives of two Korean sisters during the Second World War. Hana's tragic life is just one of an estimated 200,000 Korean comfort women's stories.
A bold, devastating, important novel shot through with hope and beauty" - Rachel Joyce "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. "I read Hana and Emi's story with my heart in my mouth.
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