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Shipwrecks women her tragic worldliness and herIn a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to distil salt, and about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea, not least the legend of O fune sama, of ships wrecked offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders on the rocks, Isaku and the