Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop a novel
"Yeongju is burned out. She did everything she was supposed to: go to school, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. In a leap of faith, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighborhood in S...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2024.
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| Summary: | "Yeongju is burned out. She did everything she was supposed to: go to school, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. In a leap of faith, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighborhood 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." --publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 320 pages 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781639732425 163973242X |
| Author Notes: | Hwang Bo-reum has authored several essay collections: I Read Every Day , I Tried Kickboxing for the First Time , and This Distance Is Perfect . Welcome to Hyunam-dong Bookshop is her first full-length novel. Before its release as a paperback, the novel was initially published as an ebook after winning an open contest co-organized by Korean content-publishing platform "Brunch." She lives in Seoul. |
