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by Song Songi
Set in post-liberation Korea on Udo, a small island off the coast of Jeju, this is the story of Haeo, a fifteen-year-old haenyeo diver, and her unexpected encounter with a mermaid named Sara. Haeo carries the wound of a mother who vanished without warning when she was young, and her days feel suffocating under the weight of an unwanted engagement. One night, she discovers Sara washed up and injured on the shore and rescues her. As they tend to each other's pain, the two become close friends. Meanwhile, a doctor named Yeohui arrives on the island and opens a night school where Haeo and her fellow divers begin learning to read and write. But the joy of learning is short-lived — Yeohui has another reason for coming to the island, one tied to a horrific past incident involving a mermaid, and old tensions between the villagers and the sea creature begin to resurface. Can Haeo protect Sara from what's coming? Against the backdrop of a deep blue sea, a beautiful and bittersweet bond between a human and a mermaid unfolds.
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