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Lisa See
Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, and China Dolls. Her most recent novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, will be released by Scribner in March 2017. Booklist has said of the new novel, “See’s focus... show more



Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, and China Dolls. Her most recent novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, will be released by Scribner in March 2017. Booklist has said of the new novel, “See’s focus on the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, by birth and by circumstance, becomes an extraordinary homage to unconditional love.” Ms. See has also written a mystery series that takes place in China, as well as On Gold Mountain, which is about her Chinese-American family. Her books have been published in 39 languages. Ms. See was honored as National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women in 2001, was the recipient of the Chinese American Museum’s History Makers Award in 2003, and is slated to receive the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in 2017.

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Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 6 years ago
This is the third Lisa See novel that I've read after Peony in Love and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. While she mostly writes about China, this time she turns her attention to Jeju island in South Korea. I know about Jeju as a tourist destination and have heard a bit about the haenyeo — the island...
Girl Well Read
Girl Well Read rated it 6 years ago
A special thank you to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster Canada, and Scribner for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Lisa See's newest novel is set on the small Korean island of Jeju and is about female friendship and family secrets.Mi-ja and Young-sook are best friends that are from vastly different...
Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it 6 years ago
The women of Jeju Island off Korea's mainland dive to support their families. Young-sook dives as a young girl with her mother to learn the trade as well as learn to take care of her family. As a young married woman she dives to support her husband's family as well as her natal family. Tragedy st...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 7 years ago
Trigger warning: descriptions of infanticide I think that if Lisa See had cut down on some of the historical elements and developed her characters more I would have liked this. I do think that part of the problem was the overly abundant coincidences in this book. And I also think that the ending ...
Blah, Blah, Blah, Book Blog
Blah, Blah, Blah, Book Blog rated it 8 years ago
It's been a while since I read a Lisa See book. I had a digital copy of this book thanks to NetGalley, but I opted to listen to it when I had the chance. Sometimes, when there are foreign names and places, I prefer this, rather than have the voice in my head stumbling over unfamiliar words. This was...
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