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The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who 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. (Amazon.com)

2021 Titles:

January: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

February: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

March:The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

April: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

May: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

June: The Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

July: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

August: Leave the World Behind by Alam Rumaan

September: The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

October: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

November: Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit

December: Book Share to select titles for next year