Summary
Curl up with this comforting and delicious novel of family, food and belonging from a Korean bestseller …
When young woman 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 learn the secrets behind Hwawoldang’s desserts, and the woman who made them.
But when one of the shop’s most loyal patrons arrives, Yeon-hwa discovers Hwawoldang is no ordinary past…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405981323 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405981326 |
| Author: | Lee Onhwa, Slin Jung |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Thought-provoking and uplifting * Sun *
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Lee Onhwa
Lee Onhwa (Author)
Lee Onhwa is a pseudonym for a bestselling, prizewinning author. She worked as a freelance ghostwriter from 2018 to early 2020, crafting works that showcased the insights of successful entrepreneurs. However, she found herself wanting to write her own stories. In 2021, she published her first novel and has written numerous since to much acclaim under an alternate pen name. A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang is her first novel as Lee Onhwa, and it has sold in a record breaking eleven territories pre-publication in Korea. She lives in Seoul.
Slin Jung (Translator)
Slin Jung is a freelance translator and interpreter. She won the LTI Korea Award for Aspiring Translators in 2014, a Commendation Prize for the Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Award in 2015, a GKL Korean Literature Translation Award in 2018, and has received LTI Korea grants for multiple translations, including The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang.
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