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The Island of Sea Women
A Historical Fiction Novel by Lisa See
Subgenres:
- Female Friendship,
- Family Saga,
- Korean History
This book is for you if you're into...
- Intense female friendships shaped by family secrets and generational divides
- Stories of haenyeo women divers risking everything in the waters off Jeju
- Historical fiction spanning Japanese colonialism, World War II, and the Korean War
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A mesmerizing new historical novel from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island.
Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who 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 find it impossible to ignore their differences. The Island of Sea Women 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. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires.
Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. 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 forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point.
The Island of Sea Women is a beautiful story about the endurance of friendship when it's pushed to its limits.
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