Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
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Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful, but all she feels is drained. Yet an abandoned dream nags at her, and in a leap of faith, she leaves her old life behind. After quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a small residential neighborhood outside the city, where she opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.
For the first few months all Yeongju does is cry, but the long hours in the shop also give her time to mull over what makes a good bookseller and store. As she starts to read hungrily, host author events, and develop her own bookselling philosophy, she eases into her new setting. Surrounded by friends, writers, and the books that connect them all, she finds her new story as the Hyunam-dong Bookshop transforms into an inviting space for lost souls to rest, heal, and remember it's never too late to scrap the plot and start again.
THIS IS ALSO OUR "HOLIDAY" MEETING! Bring a book for our Book Exchange - ANY new or gently used book that you love and want someone else to read :) Please bring wrapped so the book itself is kept a ~mystery~ until unwrapping!
Reminder - December will be the last month this MeetUp Group is active. We are moving to Discord since it is a FREE platform.
Use that link to join if you haven’t already! Also, MeetUp charges me $45 a month, so if anyone wants to donate any financial contributions to me, there is a link on our meetup page 😅 anything is appreciated. I have spent about $500 on MeetUp this year so anything helps!
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum