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Lisa See: The Island of Sea Women (2019, Scribner) 4 stars

Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Sea Women follows Mi-ja and …

Review of 'The Island of Sea Women' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

 An excellent telling of horrific events long hidden from much of the world that occurred on the island of Jeju, a Korean island forty-five by nineteen miles about fifty miles south of the peninsula, in 1948. The point of view is of female divers, long the dominant force on much of the island at a family and economic level.
 See clearly did a huge amount of research on this and transferred it well into her story, which is one of forgiveness and understanding. Me being picky makes me wonder why her hard work and getting help from others didn't stop her from having characters purchase and listen to transistor radios over a decade before they were invented. It shouldn't matter, but they are a part of the story—people in a remote part of the island get information from them that would have been impossible to get.
 What the hell. That's minor. Read it.