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A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang

Hardback (13 Nov 2025)

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Welcome to the Hwawoldang, a traditional sweetshop where every bite comes with satisfaction for both the mouth and the soul . . .

When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, enigmatic and distant proprietor of the Hwawoldang, she decides to respect her wishes by keeping the store going for at least another month, between the hours of 10pm and midnight. She has never learnt to make the traditional desserts herself, and hopes to learn more about her grandmother in the process.

On her very first day at work, she is soon interrupted by one of her grandmother's most regular visitors, who hints that Hwawoldang is no ordinary pastry shop, and its customers not entirely alive…

With each new face that arrives at the store, Yeon-hwa is taken into their memories - but will this bring her the closure she craves, and continue her grandmother's legacy of aiding those left in the land of the living?

Evocative, nourishing and cosy, A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang shows that even the most lost souls will find a place to call home.

About the Publisher

Michael Joseph

The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241776858
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Michael Joseph
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 750g
Height: 204mm
Width: 132mm
Spine width: 40mm