Title: Hana bāba
Description: The Grandmother who loved flowers is based on the story of Dahl Yun Sim, a thirteen-year-old Korean girl, kidnapped by Japanese soldiers during WW II as she and her sister were out picking wild greens. She is forced to become a sex slave by the Japanese military. She finds flowers therapeutic and they help her to survive her horrific situation
Subjects: Comfort women, Juvenile literature, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Korean Personal narratives
Places: Korea