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Daytime Discussion: “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See

March 22, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Free

In March, we’ll be reading “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See.  We’ll meet on Zoom on Monday, March 22, 2021 at 10:30am.  Please call the Library at 860-582-3121 to make arrangements to pick up the book at the Circulation Desk or through curbside.  Generally, large type and audiobooks are also available.

Synopsis:

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.

Register for this program by e-mailing gdelcegno@biblio.org.

 

 

Details

Date:
March 22, 2021
Time:
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

ONLINE
CT United States

Organizer

Gretchen DelCegno
Phone
860-582-3121
Email
gdelcegno@biblio.org