Status Updates From The Island of Sea Women

I know The Island of Sea Women has an important story to tell, but I just couldn’t get into it. It felt slow and a bit too drawn out for me—I didn’t end up finishing it.

“Joy is a delicious luxury that we experience most cautiously, for tragedy conceals itself around every corner. How different it is with friendship. No one picks a friend for us; we come together by choice. We are not tied together through ceremony or the responsibility to create a son; we tie ourselves together through moments. The spark when we first meet. Laughter and tears shared.”