About the book
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.
Twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa has inherited a neighborhood bakery from her grandmother. Curiously, her grandmother’s will spells out two conditions: Yeon-hwa must keep the shop going for at least another month and she must only open it to customers from 10 PM until midnight. Yeon-hwa hesitates but agrees to the terms, hoping that running the bakery will help her to finally understand her grandmother after all these years.
Yeon-hwa soon learns that the Hwawoldang—the name means “flower moon temple” —is not an ordinary dessert shop. The customers who arrive late at night are spirits, there to attend to unfinished business before being reincarnated. The sweets they crave hold some deep significance in their earthly lives, and they expect Yeon-hwa to grant their requests, as her grandmother did.
With each new spirit, Yeon-hwa discovers which special desserts live in their memories and helps them on their way. Aided by the shop’s resident black cat, Yeon-hwa learns how to find closure for her customers—and begins to unravel her own family’s secrets as well.
Editions of Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
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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.
Twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa has inherited a neighborhood bakery from her grandmother. Curiously, her grandmother’s will spells out two conditions: Yeon-hwa must keep the shop going for at least another month and she must only open it to customers from 10 PM until midnight. Yeon-hwa hesitates but agrees to the terms, hoping that running the bakery will help her to finally understand her grandmother after all these years.
Yeon-hwa soon learns that the Hwawoldang—the name means “flower moon temple” —is not an ordinary dessert shop. The customers who arrive late at night are spirits, there to attend to unfinished business before being reincarnated. The sweets they crave hold some deep significance in their earthly lives, and they expect Yeon-hwa to grant their requests, as her grandmother did.
With each new spirit, Yeon-hwa discovers which special desserts live in their memories and helps them on their way. Aided by the shop’s resident black cat, Yeon-hwa learns how to find closure for her customers—and begins to unravel her own family’s secrets as well.
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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.
Twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa has inherited a neighborhood bakery from her grandmother. Curiously, her grandmother’s will spells out two conditions: Yeon-hwa must keep the shop going for at least another month and she must only open it to customers from 10 PM until midnight. Yeon-hwa hesitates but agrees to the terms, hoping that running the bakery will help her to finally understand her grandmother after all these years.
Yeon-hwa soon learns that the Hwawoldang—the name means “flower moon temple” —is not an ordinary dessert shop. The customers who arrive late at night are spirits, there to attend to unfinished business before being reincarnated. The sweets they crave hold some deep significance in their earthly lives, and they expect Yeon-hwa to grant their requests, as her grandmother did.
With each new spirit, Yeon-hwa discovers which special desserts live in their memories and helps them on their way. Aided by the shop’s resident black cat, Yeon-hwa learns how to find closure for her customers—and begins to unravel her own family’s secrets as well.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang?
Fiction > Fantasy > Magical realism
Where can I read a sample of Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780063468009
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang?
Lee Onhwa
Who is the Publisher of the book Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang?
HarperCollins
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang is available as ebook(ISBN 9780063468009)
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