Name: White Chrysanthemum
ISBN: 9780525497653

Mary Lynn Bracht

White Chrysanthemum

“Don't you want me to take you away from this place?” She sees his face as he stared back at her, and now, standing outside beneath the night sky, she is free to answer his question.

,” she says firmly, "I don't want you to take me away," and then she begins to run.

The stars light her path. Hana runs as fast as her legs can carry her, not north up the narrow trail where Morimoto waits, but south, back to Korea and to her island in the sea. 

Suyash Goylit

The mistakes of the past should never be forgotten and addressed appropriately to ensure that they are never repeated.
White Chrysanthemum is a moving story of an aspect of world war 2 that, unfortunately, isn't given its due attention. Sadly, the plight of 'comfort women' wasn't known for far too long. Even after the issue was brought into the public's eye, it wasn't handled well and somehow still not given the resolution it deserves. The writer did a fantastic job of encapsulating the horrendous atrocities faced by these Halmoni (Grandmothers, in Korean) and told a marvelous tale through lovable characters.
More people need to know about their stories, so these tortured souls are never forgotten.

Blayke 

Après une lecture aussi poignante, dans laquelle nous suivons en 1940, Hana, la soeur aînée devenue prostituée aux services des soldats japonais par la force des choses, pour protéger sa petite soeur Emi, que nous retrouvons en 2011, émettre un avis critique, une analyse littéraire, me semblerait abjecte. 

Les femmes sont des victimes de guerre, dont nous ne parlons pas assez, que nous ne reconnaissons pas assez. 
Le récit d'Hana et d'Emi nous rappelle avec une douleur vivifiante que ce combat est éternel, qu'il relève du devoir de mémoire de savoir reconnaitre et s'incliner devant celles qui ont souffert.

White Chrysanthemum

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