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The Island of Sea Women
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March 1, 2022
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March 31, 2022
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What Members Thought

Jaime
From a distance, this is a story about the Korean island of Jeju and the Haenyeo (female divers), but at its heart, this is a story about one diver in particular. Young-sook is born the daughter of a well-regarded diver who eventually becomes the leader of their group. Young-sook's mother takes another girl under her wing, Mi-ja, the daughter of a Japanese collaborator who lives with an aunt and uncle who treat her like little more than a slave.

Young-sook and Mi-ja become the closest of friends
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Melissa
Mar 10, 2021 rated it really liked it
This novel was recommended to me at the beginning of 2020 and I finally got around to reading it about a year later. I was dragging my feet on it for a while because I am terrified of deep sea diving (I won't even go snorkeling for that matter) and the topic doesn't really interest me. However, Lisa See found a way to make it sound fascinating.

The premise of this novel was really interesting. I learned a lot of new things about haenyeos ("hen-yo") and deep sea diving. I even went online afterwar
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Nicole
Jan 24, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Beautiful. And heartbreaking. In the end, I cried. Fascinating to read about a culture I knew nothing of (haenyeo) and to learn more about Korea and its history.
steen
Apr 23, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 11, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Mar 24, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, print
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Mar 31, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Apr 01, 2019 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 15, 2020 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2020reads
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Mar 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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