The Island of Sea Women

Women's Friendship Fiction

Author: Lisa See

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.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 o….Read More

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