我有一个愿望，想写一写妈妈或祖母，很久以前生活在这片土地上的女性的故事。
一部女性版的《活着》，四代女性的友谊、抗争、泪水与欢笑
韩国最大网络书店22万读者票选“2021年度之书”
第29届大山文学奖获奖作，天才作家崔恩荣首部长篇小说！
女人们不再是仅供同情、怜悯的角色，也不再是装饰男人壮丽生活的配角。
她们是自己，生如草芥，彼此搀扶，尽全身之力对抗荒诞的时代。
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和丈夫离婚后，三十一岁的我独自来到海边小城熙岭，却在那里邂逅多年未见的祖母。尴尬和沉默之后，孤独的心一点点靠近，我和祖母成为相互倾吐心声的朋友。在祖母家老屋的旧相册里，我发现一位和我长相非常相似的女子，依偎在少女时代的祖母身旁。
一个个鲜活的面孔逐渐从一张张黑白相片中，从一封封感人至深的书信中，从久远的回忆里，穿过女人生如飘萍、命如草芥的时代，走到我面前。
经过曾祖母、祖母和母亲，来到我身边的故事，
她们的人生在我的眼前重现。
现在的我能够触及她们吗?
正如过去无数的我组成了现在的我，
现在的我也能见到过去的无数个我吗？

The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.

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. 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, deterring visitors. But the long hours in the shop give her time to mull over what makes a good bookseller and store, and as she starts to read hungrily, host author events, and develop her own bookselling philosophy, she begins to ease 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 that it's never too late to scrap the plot and start again.