Come join the Daytime Book Club as we discuss this month's book! New members are always welcome (we love meeting new people!). Registration is appreciated but not required.

This month we will be discussing The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. The description for the book is below:

"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 old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook's differences are impossible to ignore.

The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother's position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point."

This month we will be meeting inside the Meeting Room at the East Regional Library.

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Want to read ahead? Take a look at our upcoming reads:

July 12th, 2023: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

August 9th, 2023: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

September 13th, 2023: The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

October 11th, 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

November 8th, 2023: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

December 13th, 2023: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

January 10th, 2024: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Rui Zafón

February 14th, 2024: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

March 13th, 2024: The Storied Life of A.J. Finkry Gabrielle Zevin

April 10th, 2024: Solito by Javier Zamora