Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop / Hwang Bo-reum; translated by Shanna Tan.
By: Hwang, Bo-reum
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Contributor(s): Tan, Shanna [translator].
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BookPlace of publication: LondonPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingDate of publication: 2023Description: 301 pages: partly illustrated, 20 cm.ISBN: 9781526662286.Subject(s): Books and reading -- Fiction | Bookstores -- Fiction | Bookstore owners -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- FictionDDC classification: F H991 2023 WEL Summary: 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 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.
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Elementary Department Teacher's Reference | Fiction | F H991 2023 WEL (Browse shelf) | Available | |
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High School Department Fiction (High School) | Fiction | F H991 2023 WEL (Browse shelf) | Available |
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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 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.
(From the back cover)
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