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White Chrysanthemum

by Mary Lynn Bracht
Historical fiction, set in Korea 1943 during the WW2. A tale of two sisters, Japanese soldiers kidnap one and force her into sexual slavery. The other spends her life looking for her.  White Chrysanthemum By Mary Lynn Bracht - #historical-fiction, #reading, #books to read, #books

About The Author


Mary Lynn Bracht completed an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. An American author of Korean descent living in 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." White Chrysanthemum is her first novel.

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