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The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See
Scribner
March 2019
On Sale: March 5, 2019
384 pages
ISBN: 1501154850
EAN: 9781501154850
Kindle: B07GNV4F4S
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Women's Fiction Historical | Historical
A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times
bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird
Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a
small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island
of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different
backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in
the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective,
led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their
positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a
life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook’s
differences are impossible to ignore. The Island of Sea
Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning
during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and
1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its
aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for
the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of
Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja
is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will
forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born
into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her
mother’s position leading the divers in their village.
Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds
of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside
their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned
upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in
dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the
children. A classic Lisa See story—one of women’s
friendships and the larger forces that shape them—The
Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and
unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic
history that shaped their lives.
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