2020 OCOB selection: Lisa See's "The Island of Sea Women"

Cover of Lisa See's 'The Island of Sea Women' showing Asian women dressed for sea diving

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The 2020 One County, One Book program featured Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women. 

More about Lisa See     

 

Author Talk with Lisa See 

Presented by VCL Foundation in partnership with CSUCI



 

Companion Titles

Novels of Korea: A Recommended OCOB 2020 Reading List by CLU History Faculty

The following titles are suggested companion reads to enjoy along with Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women

With special thanks to Professor Michaela Reaves

The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble (2004)
Please Look After Mom by Kyong-Suk Sin (2012)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel by  Cho Nam-Joo (2015)
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017)
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht (2018)
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha (2020)
The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea by Pearl Buck (1963)

 

CLU Event Recordings

CONVERSATIONS: First Account Korean Oral Histories & Korean Folk Music - a Cal Lutheran faculty film

 

Understanding 20th Century Korean History - Film/lecture by David Nelson, Ph.D., Cal Lutheran University



[Note: This video could be watched all at one time, but we recommend watching it in segments. Questions about the content of this video may be directed to David Nelson, Ph.D. at  dnelson@callutheran.edu]