The Mermaid of Jeju

a Novel

Hardback, 299 pages

Published Dec. 8, 2020 by Alcove Press.

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978-1-64385-440-3
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𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮'𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝗷𝘂 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴, 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗻'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗱𝗱𝘀.

In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, Junja urges her mother to allow her to make the Goh family's annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade abalone and other sea delicacies for pork. Junja, a sea village girl, has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth. While there, she falls in love with a mountain boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her …

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