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Yeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat
- Author
- Kim Jiyun
- Narrator
- Winson Ting
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 7 January 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Situated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold.
It is already a haven of tranquility and reflection for locals, but when someone leaves a notebook behind, the laundromat becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbors who were once just faces in the crowd.
But there is more to the diary than first appears, and before long the laundromat's regulars are teaming up to solve a mystery and help the notebook's former owner find peace.
A heartwarming, healing debut that instantly captured the hearts of Korean readers and listeners, this is a novel about the preciousness of human relationships and the power of solidarity in a world that is increasingly cold, fast-paced, and virtual.
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Details
- Author
- Kim Jiyun
- Narrator
- Winson Ting
- Duration
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331926069
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction
Synopsis
THE HEARTWARMING KOREAN BESTSELLERA new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong BookshopSituated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold.It is already a haven of tranquility and reflection for locals, but when someone leaves a notebook behind, the laundromat becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbors who were once just faces in the crowd.But there is more to the diary than first appears, and before long the laundromat's regulars are teaming up to solve a mystery and help the notebook's former owner find peace.A heartwarming, healing debut that instantly captured the hearts of Korean readers and listeners, this is a novel about the preciousness of human relationships and the power of solidarity in a world that is increasingly cold, fast-paced, and virtual.
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