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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Hardback Book

    Released: 26th Oct 2023

    £14.99
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A sliceoflife novel set in a bookshop in a South Korean neighbourhood, it’s about finding acceptance and comfort in your life – with a good dose of the healing power of books.

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, divorces her husband, 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 housewife, 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.