The book revolves around haenyeo, female freedivers from the southern Korean island of Jeju.
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Author Mary Lynn Bracht examines the impact on families and South Korean society of Japanese troops abducting women and subjecting them to sexual slavery in wartime – ensuring they are not forgotten as they recede into history
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South Korea
The book revolves around haenyeo, female freedivers from the southern Korean island of Jeju.