The Island of Sea Women Author:Lisa See Set on the island of Jeju, "The Island of Sea Women" follows Mi-ja and Young Sook, two girls from very different backgrounds, as they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective. Over many decades-through the Japanese colonialism of the 1930s and 1940s, WW11, the Korean War, and the era of cellphone and wet suits f... more »or the women divers - Mi-ja and Young Sook develop the closest of bonds. But after hundreds of dives and years of friendship, forces outside their control will push the relationship to the breaking point.« less