Новинки Мэри Линн Брахт

'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.'
This is the story of Hana and her little sister Emi, who are part of an island community of haenyo, women who make their living from free diving off the southernmost tip of Korea. One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day's catch on the beach. Saving her sister, Hana herself is captured and forced to become a "comfort woman" in a Japanese military brothel.
Moving between Hana in 1943 and Emi as an elderly woman today, White Chrysanthemum sheds light on a devastating history - and how the bond of sisterhood is strong enough to endure the evils of war.
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'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. 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.
One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day’s catch on the beach. Her mother has told her again and again never to be caught alone with one. Terrified for her sister, Hana swims as hard as she can for the shore.
So begins the story of two sisters suddenly and violently separated by war. 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.

Корея, 1943-й. Хане шестнадцать лет, она никогда не покидала родной остров Чеджу, родилась и выросла под японской оккупацией. Она из рода хэнё, женщин моря, ныряльщиц. Ее младшая сестра никак не может дождаться того дня, когда и она станет хэнё. Две девочки счастливы в своем маленьком идиллическом мире на берегу океана, но однажды судьба разлучает их, отправив Хану в чужие края, уготовив ей тяжкие испытания. Но женщины моря сильны и упорны, и Хана не оставляет надежды когда-нибудь найти свой дом. Южная Корея, 2011-й. Больше шестидесяти лет Эми старалась забыть то, что случилось с ней и сестрой в детстве. Но на закате жизни, чтобы примириться с собой, она должна взглянуть в лицо прошлому и вспомнить все. А может, и найти наконец сестру. «Белая хризантема» – драматическая и трогательная история о двух сестрах, разлученных войной, чья любовь друг к другу настолько сильна, что способна противостоять даже войне.

Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, she enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day Hana saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a “comfort woman” in a Japanese military brothel. But haenyeo are women of power and strength. She will find her way home.

South Korea, 2011. Emi has spent more than sixty years trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made, but she must confront the past to discover peace. Seeing the healing of her children and her country, can Emi move beyond the legacy of war to find forgiveness?

Suspenseful, hopeful, and ultimately redemptive, White Chrysanthemum tells a story of two sisters whose love for each other is strong enough to triumph over the grim evils of war.

"Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe".

Hana and her little sister Emi are part of an island community of haenyeo, women who make their living from diving deep into the sea off the southernmost tip of Korea.

One day Hana sees a Japanese soldier heading for where Emi is guarding the day's catch on the beach. Her mother has told her again and again never to be caught alone with one. Terrified for her sister, Hana swims as hard as she can for the shore.

So begins the story of two sisters suddenly and violently separated by war. Switch-backing between Hana in 1943 and Emi as an old woman today, White Chrysanthemum takes us into a dark and devastating corner of history. But pulling us back into the light are two women whose love for one another is strong enough to triumph over the evils of war.

Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, she enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day Hana saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a “comfort woman” in a Japanese military brothel. But haenyeo are women of power and strength. She will find her way home.

South Korea, 2011. Emi has spent more than sixty years trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made, but she must confront the past to discover peace. Seeing the healing of her children and her country, can Emi move beyond the legacy of war to find forgiveness?

Suspenseful, hopeful, and ultimately redemptive, White Chrysanthemum tells a story of two sisters whose love for each other is strong enough to triumph over the grim evils of war.

Корея, 1943-й. Хане шестнадцать лет, она никогда не покидала родной остров Чеджу, родилась и выросла под японской оккупацией. Она из рода хэнё, женщин моря, ныряльщиц. Ее младшая сестра никак не может дождаться того дня, когда и она станет хэнё. Две девочки счастливы в своем маленьком идиллическом мире на берегу океана, но однажды судьба разлучает их, отправив Хану в чужие края, уготовив ей тяжкие испытания. Но женщины моря сильны и упорны, и Хана не оставляет надежды когда-нибудь найти свой дом. Южная Корея, 2011-й. Больше шестидесяти лет Эми старалась забыть то, что случилось с ней и сестрой в детстве. Но на закате жизни, чтобы…