![]() ![]() While diving Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is waiting. Emi is too young to dive and they leave her on the beach to guard their catch. Hana is sixteen and diving with her mother. ![]() They are a strong, independent community who make their living from diving and catching sea creatures to sell in the market. ![]() White Chrysanthemum is the story of Hana and Emi, two sisters belonging to the Haenyo community- female free divers of Jeju Island. White Chrysanthemum memorializes the comfort women of Korean who were forced into military sexual slavery by the Japanese forces during the second World War. I came across White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht and I knew I had to read it. I wanted to know more and it got me looking for books on this particular theme. I read Pachinko last year and it got me thinking about the struggle and oppression of Koreans by the Japanese. Never forget, if you see her, you are safe.” ![]()
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