![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Best Debut NovelLonglisted for the Authors' Club First Novel Award'Look for your sister after each dive. ![]() Moving between Hana in 1943 and Emi as an old woman today, White Chrysanthemum takes us into a dark and devastating corner of history - and two women whose love for one another is strong enough to triumph over the evils of war. So begins the story of two sisters suddenly and violently separated by war. Terrified for her sister, Hana swims as hard as she can for the shore. Her mother has told her again and again never to be caught alone with one. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. Mary Lynn Bracht, White Chrysanthemum 8 likes Like You followed your heart. ![]() One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day's catch on the beach. For fans of Lisa Wingate’s Before We Were Yours and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, a deeply moving novel that follows two Korean sisters separated by World War II. Debut author Mary Lynn Bracht joined journalist Kirsty Lang to discuss White Chrysanthemum a novel tracing the moving struggle of two sisters to reunite, against the backdrop of war and devastation. White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht 17,501 ratings, 4.40 average rating, 2,690 reviews Open Preview White Chrysanthemum Quotes Showing 1-16 of 16 Silence that is what she strives for, so that she can be invisible. ![]() ![]() If you see her, you are safe.' Hana and her little sister Emi are part of an island community of haenyo, women who make their living from diving deep into the sea off the southernmost tip of Korea. Winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Best Debut Novel Longlisted for the Authors' Club First Novel Award 'Look for your sister after each dive. ![]()
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