![]() ![]() ) illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge and the men take care of the children. ![]() “This vivid…thoughtful and empathetic” novel ( Little do the two friends know that forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. Young-sook was born into a long line ofĪnd will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. The Island of Sea Women is a beautiful, provocative and thoughtful novel that sheds light on a world turned upside down. Takes place over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. ![]() As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility-but also danger.ĭespite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook find it impossible to ignore their differences. 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. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. , about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Lisa See was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles, spending much of her time in Chinatown. ) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of ![]()
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