Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop / Hwang Bo-reum ; translated by Shanna Tan.

By: Hwang, Po-rŭm [author.]Contributor(s): Tan, Shanna [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023Copyright date: 2023Description: vii, 301 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526666635 (paperback)Subject(s): Bookstores -- Korea (South) -- Seoul -- Fiction | Booksellers and bookselling -- Korea (South) -- Seoul -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction | Books and readings -- Psychological aspects -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. Summary: There was only one thing on her mind. 'I must start a bookshop.' Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop becomes the place where they all learn how to truly live. A heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life – and the healing power of books.
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Translated from the Korean.

There was only one thing on her mind. 'I must start a bookshop.' Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop becomes the place where they all learn how to truly live. A heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life – and the healing power of books.

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