White Chrysanthemum is a painfully honest, but beautifully written, tale about what war really means for the “little” people dragged into it. Throughout this read it felt as if I was reading a diary or biography; it felt so real & broke my heart a million times. Stories like these, about World War 2, are the ones that the wider world do not often hear about – but we really, really need to.
I was sent an advanced copy of this book by Random House UK; Vintage Publishing in return for an honest review.