Pros: Well-written, great characterization Cons: Subject matter makes it an often depressing and difficult read
Kim Soon Hyo, the mother in Nora Okja Keller’s Comfort Woman, is not sure how to share her own story of being a comfort woman with her daughter, Beccah Bradley. In fact, in some ways Akiko, as she was known in the comfort stations, is not sure whether to ...
Pros: Very well written in sections Cons: Unoriginal plot, insipid mysticism, exploitative use of comfort women
Let's see ... a moving story about a young Asian woman finally coming to terms with understanding the pain of her mother's past. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
The only original aspect of this book was that the mother was a comfort...
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