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The Healing Season of Pottery
This cozy Korean bestseller invites readers into a warm, sunlit pottery studio where a burned-out young TV broadcast writer begins to heal, working the clay, piece by piece, season by season. After breaking down at the office and abruptly quitting her job, thirty-year-old Jungmin holes up in her apartment, speaking to no one for days on end. When she finally emerges, she stumbles upon a pottery studio in her neighborhood and is invited in by the mysterious workshop teacher. The smell of clay, the light filtering through the plant filled windows, the friendly cat, and the incredible coffee the students drink awaken her senses and make her feel alive and inspired for the first time in months. As the seasons change, Jungmin slowly returns to herself and builds a new community with the other members of the studio, who are all working through their own pasts at the pottery wheel. When the holidays approach and snow piles up on the studio windowsill, Jungmin realizes how much she has changed—with her hands busy and her mind clear, she may be ready to face the memories she’s been running from and open her heart. For fans of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library and Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, Yeon’s charming English-language debut is a testament to the joy of slowing down in a fast-paced world, and an homage to the art of ceramics and the power of friendship. Readers won’t want to leave the enchanting world of The Healing Season of Pottery after the final page.
You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! (Manga) Vol. 1
Ever since her sister and brother-in-law died in an accident ten years ago, thirty-something-year-old Ayako Katsuragi has been raising her niece Miu as her own daughter. Now that she's in high school though, Ayako has begun to worry about the boys that might want to date Miu, especially their twenty-year-old neighbor Takumi Aterazawa. But when Takumi says he needs to talk to her, Ayako gets the shock of her life! It's not Miu he's got feelings for, it's her! Will Ayako be able to overcome her doubts and give his love a chance?
Tomo-chan is a Girl! Vol. 7
Jun's birthday is coming up, and Tomo is determined to pick out a gift that will finally get across her feelings for him. Meanwhile, the school is abuzz over the culture festival. Tomo's class is putting on a production of Cinderella, and while Tomo would love to be the princess for once, her classmates have other ideas!
I Can't Believe I Slept With You! Vol. 3
Koduka has finally confessed to her landlady. But as long as their rent-reduction contract is still in place, their relationship can never change. Eventually, all secrets are laid bare between the two women on one fateful Christmas evening. Can all regrets finally be put to rest?
The Mermaid from Jeju
An “entrancing” historical fiction debut “brimming with lyricism and magic” that explores what it means to truly love in the wake of devastation—inspired by true events on Korea’s Jeju Island (Jennifer Rosner, The Yellow Bird Sings). In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, Junja urges her mother to allow her to make the Goh family's annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade abalone and other sea delicacies for pork. Junja, a sea village girl, has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth. While there, she falls in love with a mountain boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja's place. Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father. Everywhere she turns, Junja is haunted by the loss of her mother, from the meticulously tended herb garden that has now begun to sprout weeds, to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja. The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan's forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops. Junja's canny grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea's occupation understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, and the perils of post-WWII overtake her homelands, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she's ever known. “Hahn creates a world alive with dreams, with gods, with tradition, and the richness of a rural Korean culture.” —New York Journal of Books
Tomo-chan is a Girl! Vol. 4
Tomboy Tomo wants her crush, Jun, to notice that she's a girl...but she also wants to kick butt at the school sports tournament! Can Tomo lead her class to victory and win Jun's heart?
Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 13
A new rival enters the scene in the form of Shikki, one of the girls on Nagatoro’s Judo team. Shikki proves to be a formidable opponent on the mat, but she also becomes a handful of trouble (and other things) for Nagatoro and Senpai when she discovers them both in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, Senpai stands to be on the receiving end of a visual assault like no other, but does Nagatoro have what it takes to save him (and his virtue)?
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Vol. 2
Aijo Rentaro has 100 soulmates! That's what the God of Love told him. That, and if he doesn't return their feelings, they'll die horrible deaths. Aijo is determined to save them all! But his next soulmate thinks love is an inefficient waste of time. What's the most efficient way to convince someone that love is valuable? This is a matter of life and death!
Seoul Villages - Guisin-dong and other Seoul Villages
"A series of love letters to Seoul and its many alleyways" (The Korea Times)'Let's dive into this surreal world" (KBS World Radio)A collection of short stories now adapted into movies.Don't try to escape this ghost neighborhood, don't waste your energy tearing off that plant, and don't even think about catching Korea's most elusive shaman: you just can't shake off death. So let this fictional Seoul claim your soul.About the Author:A French author and conceptor born in Paris in 1967, Stephane MOT thrives on strategy and innovation (ESSEC alumnus, serial startup survivor) without ever disowning fiction, satire, and nonsense.Author of ‘dragedies' (a collection of bittersweet going on pungent fictions), and of ‘La Ligue des Oublies' (The League of The Forgotten, a tribute to soccer legends who never existed), Stephane founded among other blogs SeoulVillage.com. Seoul villages is his first collection of fictions in English.Stephane and Seoul have been haunting each other since 1991.www.stephanemot.comwww.dragedies.comNB 'Seoul Villages', also available in French and Korean, is part of Stephane's 'Seoul Urban Legends' (now adapted into film).---Guisin-dong / Year of the Dog / de Vermis Seoulis / Sweat dream / Black Snow / Korean wave / Tchik! / Comin'up next / Seoul Metamorphosis / (Alleyways – Ogin-dong, Autumn) / Hunting for Kim Mudangnim / (Alleyways – Sajik-dong, somewhen)---
Namekawa-san Won't Take a Licking! Vol. 2
Namekawa-san has made her explosive high school debut! In doing so, however, she attracted some of the biggest pervs in class. Each day, she endures a gauntlet of literal lickings...but what will happen when she finally hits her limit?
Tomo-chan is a Girl! Vol. 6
Misuzu decides to help get Misaki and Carol's romance jump-started, but will her meddling do more harm than good? Jun meanwhile gets lost in thought thinking about his and Tomo's disastrous junior high school days.
Tomo-chan is a Girl! Vol. 5
Misaki is the captain of the boys' karate club but he's still no match for Tomo or Jun. When he feels unable to protect his fiancée Carol, he joins Tomo's family dojo to grow stronger! While Misaki struggles, Tomo and Jun go on a date to see the fireworks. Will Tomo finally get Jun to see her as a girl, or will her summer end with a whimper?