4. If you have access to one, visit your local Korean history or art museum.
5. Visit Lisa’s website website at www.LisaSee.com and Step Inside the World of The Island of Sea Women to see maps, photos, and videos, and to learn about the haenyeo and Lisa’s research.
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About the Author
Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, China Dolls, and Dreams of Joy, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the Historymakers Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.
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Jacket design by Olga Grlic and Jaya Miceli
Jacket photograph source: National Archives of Korea
Seaweed artwork by Ievgeniia Lytvynovych/Getty Images
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018058279
ISBN 978-1-5011-5485-0
ISBN 978-1-5011-5487-4 (ebook)