Mary Lynn Bracht is an American author of Korean descent who now lives in London. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of 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’ captured and set up in brothels for the Japanese military. White Chrysanthemum is her first novel.
Estamos en 1943, en la Corea ocupada por los japoneses, dos hermanas crecen dentro de la comunidad Haenyeo de la isla de Jeju. Las mujeres haenyeo son conocidas por su maestría en el buceo; la suya es una comunidad muy peculiar donde son las mujeres las que ganan el pan.La hermana...
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