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Content snapshot
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Violence
Some
An explosion that kills people; some courtroom violence described; deaths at the center of the narrative
Language
Some
Some strong language in a legal thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult relationships and infidelity in backstory; nothing explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A community carrying multiple secrets; the moral question of whether silence in the moment makes you responsible for what follows; a family destroyed by trial and truth
What this book is about
Young-ja Pak and her husband Pak run a hyperbaric oxygen therapy center called Miracle Submarine in a small Virginia town. When the chamber explodes, killing two patients, Pak's wife is charged with murder. The trial is the structure of Angie Kim's novel, which moves between perspectives — Pak's family, the parents of the victims, the prosecutor and defense attorney — revealing what everyone was hiding in the moment of the explosion. A legal thriller built on the question of guilt and complicity when everyone involved was doing something they didn't want anyone to know about.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
deaths from an explosion as the inciting event
courtroom examination of guilt and complicity
immigration and family pressure as themes
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