The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See

Book Overview

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"A mesmerizing new historical novel" (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island.

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501154869
• ISBN13: 9781501154867
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Important stories

Amazing book! The theme the story the characters the journey- it’s all so easy to be buried in this book. What I love about historical fiction is that it allows me to learn more about major events through the experiences of ordinary folxs as they are trying to understand and get through. Such a wonderful descriptive book that allowed me to learn a lot about an important time in SKorea.

Lisa See never disappoints

This is a great book that takes you on journey of a lesser known culture to westerners. See is an amazing storyteller and all of her books have made their way to my bookshelf. This one is a stand out for its look at these remarkable women. A page turner.

Cant decide on a favorite book from lisa see.

this one took me to a place i never even knew about. A familiar moral of the story moment, but a great lesson learned, through someone else.

A roller coaster of a story

I read this right after reading Pachinko and I highly recommend doing so. I so enjoyed this book. The characters were well thought out and the complexity of the situations they found themselves in was very much like real life.

Exceptionally well written

This was my first book by Lisa See to read. It’s an excellent novel about an island off the coast of South Korea where women are the breadwinners and husbands raise the children and take care of the households. Very interesting with good character development. I have since read all but 1 of Lisa See’s books and decided to purchase the entire set so I can reread them whenever I want.

This is a very moving book about a torn country, friendship, perseverance, love lost and found. Once

Great and moving novel- I’ve recommended it to several friends and they’ve thanked me. Truly a memorable book based loosely on history.