The thrilling high-concept Korean bestseller about conforming to society's standards.HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS A CHOICEYoungah is a warm-hearted schoolteacher - always smiling, always yielding. She bends her life to everyone else's rules. But deep inside, this endless restraint is killing her. An unending sense of despair festers.Desperate for relief, she turns to a cutting-edge, four-week emotion regulation progra...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Welcome to Soyangri Book Kitchen, where a woman leaves her busy life in Seoul to open a bookshop café in the countryside where guests can stay overnight.Perfect for fans of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, celebrating the power of books to heal.**In a peaceful village in the countryside, far from the bustling heart of Seoul, lies a book lovers’ paradise. With its wafts of delicious food and book-filled shelves, Soyangri Book Kitche...

For readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Dallergut Dream Department Store, and The Midnight Library, a sweetly magical and uplifting novel about a young woman who inherits an enchanted bakery that spirits visit on their last stop before the afterlife.Narrated by Sofia Jin.Twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa has inherited a neighborhood bakery from her grandmother. Curiously, her grandmother’s will spells out two...

Brought to you by Penguin.A dessert from the Hwawoldang is a ticket to a new life . . .Welcome to Hwawoldang, the pastry shop where every delicious bite comes with satisfaction for both the mouth and the soul . . .When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, the proprietor of Hwawoldang, she honours her final wish: to keep the shop open for one more month, between 10pm and midnight. Yeon-hwa hopes to l...

Read by Sofia Jin and Jessica Lee"Lee and Jin’s beautifully matched narration makes the evolving partnership feel immediate, sincere, and deeply personal. A gentle listening experience celebrating friendship, shared lives, and connection." -Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award WinnerThe big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations with their decision to gr...

Brought to you by Penguin.At some point between living alone and becoming single, Hwang Sunwoo and Kim Hana found each other, and decided to live together in a nice apartment where their four cats would finally have the freedom to run around. Together they became a family - and redefined it.At a time housing costs have skyrocketed whilst the birth rates plummets, these two independent Korean women in their late forties share their views on society and its e...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The sensational Korean bestsellerFor fans of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY and THE ALCHEMIST**Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry where we wash away the stains from your heart.After young Jieun accidentally misuses her powers, causing her beloved family to vanish, she lives a million restless lives in search of them.Overnig...

'An important literary piece of feminist activism''Taps into the everyday minutiae of motherhood, baring to all the unspoken labours that women take on both inside and out of parenthood''Really made me reflect on what it actually means to be a part of a community''Given recent news stories this feels like an incredibly relevant read'-------------------------------------From t...

For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki BookshopTranslated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of IQ84 and The Travelling Cat ChroniclesThe Night Library is no ordinary library.Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of deceased famous writers:th...

A touching tale of connection, healing and the magic of handwritten words from the author of Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery ShopHidden away in Tokyo's Ginza district lies Shihodo, a hidden gem known only to insiders, with an abundant selection of fine stationery. Behind its counter stands Ken Takarada, the enigmatic shop owner whose warm presence draws those seeking more than just beautiful paper and colourful inks.To this shop come more...

**Brought to you by Penguin.FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ORIGINAL HEALING AUTHORMuch-loved modern classic by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD**Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favourite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele who frequent this ch...

THE KOREAN SENSATIONFor lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away…***If you're lost, you'll find The Memory BookshopWhere the shelves are endless. The books, strangely familiar. And where memories are bound in pages.When...