![]() I knew their lives would be rich material, but I was struggling to make my narrative hold together. ![]() For centuries, they’ve farmed the ocean collectively to support themselves and their families, some still diving as they reached their eighties and nineties. I’d long been fascinated by the fisherwomen of Jeju who dive without oxygen, known as the mermaids of Korea. I’d been in my New York City apartment working on a new novel about a businesswoman from Manhattan who goes to Jeju to meet the island’s famous haenyeo women divers, and later starts a company with them. ![]() Visiting the magnificent volcanic island - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - changed my life and, most pointedly, the direction of my writing career. ![]() I arrived on Jeju Island a novelist and left a non-fiction author. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). ![]()
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