Book guide
The Island of Sea Women
On Jeju Island, two sea-diving friends are bound by love, secrets, and decades of upheaval.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalBetrayalHistoricalWar storyHistoricalFamily sagaLiteraryBetrayalLiteraryFamily sagaLiteraryIntergenerational trauma
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About The Island of Sea Women
Young-sook and Mi-ja grow up inside Jeju’s all-female diving collective, where women support their families through dangerous work at sea. Across occupation, war, and political turmoil, their friendship is tested by forces far beyond their control.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- sexual assault
- domestic abuse
- breast mutilation
- genocide and mass murder
- war
- colonialism
- death of parent
- graphic child death
- torture
