TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jiyun, Kim
AU  - Tan, Shanna
TI  - Yeonnam-dong's smiley laundromat
SN  - 9781529437416
U1  - 895.735 JIY 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Maclehouse Press
KW  - Asian Fiction
KW  - Interpersonal Relation
KW  - Kindness
KW  - Lost Articles
KW  - Seoul - Korea
KW  - Notebooks
N1  - Includes author's note, and epilogue
N2  - 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 neighbours 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, 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.

https://www.hachette.com.au/kim-jiyun/yeonnam-dongs-smiley-laundromat-the-heartwarming-korean-bestseller
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