The Resource The island of sea women, Lisa See
The island of sea women, Lisa See
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The island of sea women
- Title
- The island of sea women
- Statement of responsibility
- Lisa See
- Subject
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- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueFishers
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInsurgency
- trueIslands
- trueJeju Island, South Korea
- true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
- Cheju Island (Korea) -- Fiction
- Collaborationists -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- trueFamily secrets
- Korea (South) -- History -- Fiction
- Korea -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueSouth Korea
- trueTraitors
- trueVillages
- trueWomen divers
- Women divers -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Korea -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- While working as divers with the all-female diving collective on a small Korean island, Mi-ja and Young-sook find their friendship challenged by their differences and forces outside their control
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- 10756404
- Cataloging source
- BT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- See, Lisa
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Collaborationists
- Women divers
- Female friendship
- Family secrets
- World War, 1939-1945
- Cheju Island (Korea)
- Korea
- Korea (South)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The island of sea women, Lisa See
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9781471183850
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- The island of sea women, Lisa See
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9781471183850
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueFishers
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInsurgency
- trueIslands
- trueJeju Island, South Korea
- true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
- Cheju Island (Korea) -- Fiction
- Collaborationists -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- trueFamily secrets
- Korea (South) -- History -- Fiction
- Korea -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueSouth Korea
- trueTraitors
- trueVillages
- trueWomen divers
- Women divers -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Korea -- Fiction
Genre
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- trueBest Historical Fiction 2019
- trueFamily Sagas
- trueHistorical Women
- trueHistorical Women in Fiction
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