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I will not be able to give this book its justice. What a story! On Jeju Island south of Korea, home of the sea women, the haenyeo, a group of women free dive into the sea to harvest marine life to provide for their families in a matrifocal society. At the heart of the story is a complex friendship between Young-sook and Mi-ja spanning the Japanese Occupation through the Korean War, and their struggle for existence during this period. It is a novel of profound friendship, war, power of a mother's
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Our book club LOVED The Island of Sea Women. We had so much to discuss and the book created a lot of research rabbit holes to explore. Readers learned a lot about the time period and the wars that occurred and how Jeju was impacted. And of course, the haenyeo were a totally new cultural aspect as well and we watched some news interviews with Jeju's present day divers.
A beautiful, heartwrenching novel that we couldn't put down! ...more
A beautiful, heartwrenching novel that we couldn't put down! ...more
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