![]() They transported her into distant Manchuria to serve as a “comfort woman” the Empire’s choice euphemism for “forced prostitution.” In order to protect her younger sister, she gave herself up to a group of soldiers who wandered onto her home island. The scenes set in the 1940s described Hana’s ordeal after the Japanese military abducted her. Mary Lynn Bracht crafted a heartrending tale involving two sisters affected by Japan’s occupation of Korea during the Second World War. It established the tone prior to reading the story. The book’s title derived from the white chrysanthemum representing a symbol of mourning. An engrossing read that sears into one’s consciousness resulted. ![]() The story also explored the effect of this inhumane practice on those not personally victimized by it. The book detailed one character’s ordeal with the use of rape as a weapon during the largest scale use of it in history. White Chrysanthemum presented a fictitious account of the most heinous war crime ever committed. ![]()
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