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

By: Hwang, Bo-reum.
Contributor(s): Tan, Shanna [translator].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPlace 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. (From the back cover)
Item type Current location Collection Call number Status Date due
Books Books Elementary Department
Teacher's Reference
Fiction F H991 2023 WEL (Browse shelf) Available
Books Books High School Department
Fiction (High School)
Fiction F H991 2023 WEL (Browse shelf) Available
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F G127 2018 NOR Norse mythology / F H1251 2023 MID The midnight library / F H4151 2010 DUN Dune / F H991 2023 WEL Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop / F Is34 2021 KLA Klara and the sun / F K19 2023 KAM The Kamogawa food detectives / F K22 2024 BEF Before we forget kindness : a novel /

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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