Description
At 10 PM sharp, Yeon-hwa inherits her grandmother’s neighborhood bakery—and with it, a mysterious set of rules: the shop must stay open for one more month, and it can only welcome customers from midnight’s edge until the clock strikes twelve. As the hours pass, the “late-night patrons” turn out to be spirits making their final stop before the afterlife, each drawn by a dessert tied to a memory they never got to finish. Guided by the bakery’s quiet magic and a resident black cat, Yeon-hwa learns to serve more than sweets—she helps customers find closure, one carefully chosen recipe at a time. Woven through the comforting warmth of food and folklore are themes of grief, family secrets, and the longing to understand the people who raised us from a distance. Sweetly uplifting and emotionally resonant, this novel blends gentle speculative wonder with the kind of reflective storytelling readers love in time-bending, heart-forward classics.
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paperback
William Morrow
Published Jan 13, 2026
ISBN: 9780063468023
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First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa.