Can't I Leave, Paperback Book, By: Lee Geum Lee

Can't I leave by Lee Geum Lee. The lives and identities of two women intertwine during world war II and the Korean War, To reveal the harsh realities of class division in the first part of the twentieth century. "Can't I leave?" It follows the lives of a Korean nobleman's daughter and her maid in the early 1900s. When the daughter's suitor is arrested as a Korean independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, She is soon forced to marry one of her father's Japanese employees and travel to the united states. At the same time, Her maid is sent to serve as a comfort woman for the imperial Japanese army. Korean comfort women were exploited by the Japanese imperial army in the most horrific ways. What follows is years of a mixture of Hardship, Survival, and even happiness. In the aftermath of world war II, The two women return home, Where they must come to terms with the complex lives they have lived, In an attempt to reclaim their identity and find their place in an independent Korea. "Can't I leave?" An exceptional historical work full of Fluctuations and surprises, Joys and Pains, that sheds light on the history of a nation. Its pain and struggle, But at the same time it does not fail to focus on the lives of its two main characters.