So begins the story of two sisters suddenly and violently separated by war. One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day’s catch on the beach. In White Chrysanthemum, Hana and her little sister Emi are part of an island community of haenyeo, women who make their living from diving deep into the sea off the southernmost tip of 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.
Mary Lynn Bracht is an American author of Korean descent who grew up in a large ex-pat community of women who came of age in post-war South Korea. An immersive read in the vein of The Kite Runner and Memoirs of a Geisha about Korean history.
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