Can't I leave

Can't I leave? By Lee Geum Lee ... The intertwined lives and identities of two women - during World War II and the Korean War - to reveal the harsh truths of class division in the first part of the twentieth century. "Can't I leave?" traces the life of the daughter of a Korean noble and her maid in the early twentieth century. When the daughter's fiancé is arrested as a Korean independence activist, and during her interrogation, she is soon forced to marry one of her father's Japanese employees and travels to the United States. At the same time, her maid is sent to be a comfort woman for the Japanese Imperial Army. Korean comfort women were exploited by the Japanese Imperial Army in the most brutal ways. This is followed by years of hardship, survival attempts, and even happiness. After World War II, the two women return home, where they must forget the complicated lives they lived, in an attempt to regain their identities and find their place in an independent Korea. "Can't I leave?" An exceptional historical work full of twists and surprises, joys and pains, shedding light on the history of a nation; its pains and struggles, but at the same time not failing to focus on the lives of its two main characters. Author: Lee Geum Lee Publisher: Juice Books Number of pages: 400