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001			on1039368254
003			OCoLC
005			20190306101015.0
008			181207t20192019nyu e 000 1 eng
010			_a 2018058279
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dOCLCQ _dT3S _dDLC _dDAD _dFM0 _dOCLCO _dQX9 _dUAP _dJAG _dMCT _dIUK _dYT6 _dMJ8 _dPFLCL _dHPO _dLKC _dOCLCO _dJTH _dILC _dOCP _dNFG
020			_a9781501154850 _q(hardback)
020			_a1501154850 _q(hardback)
020			_a9781501154867 _q(paperback)
020			_a1501154869 _q(paperback)
020			_a1471183815
020			_a9781471183812
035			_a(OCoLC)1039368254
042			_apcc
092			_aSee, _bLisa
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSee, Lisa, _eauthor. _920806
245	1	4	_aThe island of sea women : _ba novel / _cby Lisa See.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
263			_a1903
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019
300			_av, 374 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that 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's differences are impossible to ignore. 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. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. 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 after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story--one of women's friendships and the larger forces that shape them--The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_aBest friends Mi-ja and Young-sook are old enough to begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook's differences are impossible to ignore. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother's position leading the divers in their village. Beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, through the Korean War and its aftermath, up to the present, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. -- adapted from publisher info
650		0	_aCollaborationists _xFamily relationships _vFiction. _9390985
650		0	_aWomen divers _vFiction. _9157342
650		0	_aFemale friendship _vFiction. _919755
651		0	_aCheju Island (Korea) _vFiction. _9390986
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c282678 _d282678