Novel Conversations is a monthly book discussion group fostering dialogue around works of fiction and nonfiction, exploring world literature. The Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group is currently meeting virtually at 4pm on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Book group will meet on the third Wednesdays in November and December due to holidays. All are welcome to join the conversation.

Join the Novel Conversations monthly book discussion online using Zoom. 

The upcoming book selection will be available for pick up any time after the current month’s discussion, during open hours at the Sequim Branch Library. Copies of the book will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration is required to receive Zoom login. 

Library staff and volunteers will moderate the discussion. Sign in via Zoom link to see other participants, or call in to join the meeting.  No internet required to connect to the discussion by phone.

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.