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Plant lady / Minyoung Kang ; translated by Shanna Tan.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Kang, M. Plant
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kang, Min-yŏng, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Singmul, sangjŏm. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/fc8cb00b-402a-0abc-4b18-0cbb71e8f537
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Women gardeners--Fiction.
- Women gardeners.
- Florists--Fiction.
- Florists.
- Abused women--Fiction.
- Abused women.
- Murder--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Misogyny--Fiction.
- Misogyny.
- Korea (South)--Fiction.
- Korea (South).
- Korean fiction--Translations into English.
- Korean fiction.
- Genre:
- Novels
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- illustration.
- illustration
- Edition:
- First Berkley edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berkley, 2026.
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the Korean.
- Summary:
- "Tucked away in the corner of a neighborhood in Dosan, South Korea, is The Plant Shop. Shop owner Yoohee has started anew, and her meticulously grown foliage thrives under her tender care. To both her customers and herself, The Plant Shop is a refuge, where petunias and marigolds bloom and the air itself is like an elixir of peace. By day, Yoohee dispenses advice on gardening, but she also finds herself offering a special service off the clock. Women who are at their wits' end come to her about a man they hope might disappear from their lives. Pulling extra hours is taxing, but Yoohee has encountered--and dealt with--these kind of men in her own life, men who treated her (and her beloved plants) with utter disrespect. So as night falls, Yoohee trades her apron for a shovel and a hoe and disappears into her moonlit garden. There, she buries not just the remains of the day, but also finely ground powders and sometimes the bloody remnants of a few unfortunate encounters. As men begin to disappear...will anyone ever suspect the Plant Lady?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Korean as Shikmul, Sangjum by Hankyoreh, in 2024"--Title page verso.
- "An Interview with the Author" included on pages [197]-202.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version Kang, Minyoung Plant lady
- ISBN:
- 9798217187577
- OCLC:
- 1550200903
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