White Chrysanthemum

A novel in the spirit of Khaled Hosseini's books, equally dramatic and emotional.
Korea, 1943. Hana is sixteen years old, she has never left her native Jeju Island, born and raised under Japanese occupation. She is from the haenyeo lineage, women of the sea, divers. Her younger sister can’t wait for the day she too will become a haenyeo. The two girls are happy in their little idyllic world by the ocean, but one day fate separates them, sending Hana to foreign lands, preparing her for heavy trials. But women of the sea are strong and persistent, and Hana does not lose hope of someday finding her home.
South Korea, 2011. For more than sixty years, Amy has tried to forget what happened to her and her sister in childhood. But at the sunset of her life, to make peace with herself, she must confront the past and remember everything. And perhaps finally find her sister.
"White Chrysanthemum" is a dramatic and poignant story about two sisters separated by war, whose love for each other is so strong that it can withstand even war.