![]() ![]() ![]() MaOn an island off the South Korean coast an ancient guild of women divers reckons with the depredations of modernity from 1938 to 2008 in Sees The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 2017 etc latest novel. 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. However when she is approached by a Korean-American family Young-sook is forced to reflect upon her youth and the horrors of the Jeju revolts of World War II. Sees deeply researched historical novel is set on the Korean island of Jeju where she introduces a community of indefatigable women divers and the dramatic forces that shape their lives. The Island Of Sea Women - A Novel by Lisa See is a historical fiction novel that explores the life of Young-sook now an old woman peacefully collecting seaweed on a rocky beach. ![]()
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