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A wonderfully comforting novel of family, food, and belonging from a Korean bestseller - the perfect read for fans of The Dallergut Dream Department Store and The Midnight Library. When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, the enigmatic proprietor of A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang, she...
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A wonderfully comforting novel of family, food, and belonging from a Korean bestseller - the perfect read for fans of The Dallergut Dream Department Store and The Midnight Library.
When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, the enigmatic proprietor of A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang, she decides to respect her wishes by keeping the store going for at least a month, between the hours of 10 pm and midnight. She has never learnt to make the traditional desserts herself and hopes to learn more about her grandmother.
On her very first day at work, she is soon interrupted by one of her grandmother's most regular visitors, who hints that Hwawoldang is no ordinary pastry shop, and its customers not entirely alive...
With each new customer at the store, Yeon-hwa is taken into their memories - but will this bring her the closure she craves and continue her grandmother's legacy of aiding those left in the land of the living?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241776858
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 136.0mm
Height: 205.0mm
Weight: 329g
Pages: 288
About the 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.
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