One of the ugly facts of World War II is that the Japanese military forced 200,000 women into sexual slavery when it annexed Korea. In 1943, Hana, one of the famed female divers of Jeju Island, intervenes to protect younger sister Emi when she is accosted by Japanese soldiers and is herself seized and taken to Manchuria to become a comfort woman.
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ISBN:9780735214439
ISBN:0735214433
Physical Description:305 pages : map ; 24 cm
Publisher:New York, New York :G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,[2018]
Summary: One of the ugly facts of World War II is that the Japanese military forced 200,000 women into sexual slavery when it annexed Korea. In 1943, Hana, one of the famed female divers of Jeju Island, intervenes to protect younger sister Emi when she is accosted by Japanese soldiers and is herself seized and taken to Manchuria to become a comfort woman.