by Hwang Bo-Reum
This is a story about a bookstore in Korea. A young woman is fed up with being in a non permanent job. She had been told if she kept working hard she would get a permanent position but after years of struggling she is told it won't happen. She decides to quit and follow her dream -- setting up a bookstore.
She opens up a small bookstore and coffee bar. She thinks she probably can survive for a couple years. She enjoys reading but finds that running the business takes up more of her time especially as the store gets busier. She ends up hiring a young man the coffee bar. He becewing.omes very interested in the art of roasting beans and brewing coffee and becomes close friend with the woma who owns the bean roasting company who is in an unhappy marruage,
As the book proceeds the young woman is busy posting online reviews of books and organizing book clubs and author talks. One of the authors becomes attracted to her but she seems oblivious to his attention. The store also attracts a woman who has quit her job and comes to the store to knit and drink coffee and a young boy whose mother allows him to hang out at the bookstore.
The people form a casual friendship. The story talks a lot about jobs and job and life satisfaction. The knitting woman eventually goes back to work, the coffee roaster decides to leave her husband. The book reinforces the importance in doing what you love even though society may not judge your choice as the best or most profitable choice.
It was a nice friendly read/
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