Plant Lady

TEXAS CHAINSTORE MASSACRE meets CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN in this chilling psychological tale of a green-fingered serial killer. Will you dare to disrespect her plants? Moving on from a traumatic experience, Yoohee has opened up her own Plant Shop to start afresh. Rows of plants, meticulously arranged like soldiers, thrive under her green fingers; sunlight filters through the windows at just the right angle making every leaf shimmer with health. It is a plant-lovers'' sanctuary, where peperomias and marigolds bloom, while the air itself is like an elixir of peace. Yoohee welcomes her customers, eager to share her tips, while scolding anyone attempting to caress an unfurling bloom, let alone snap off a stem. But as night falls, the soothing atmosphere transforms as Yoohee takes her shovel and hoe, and vanishes into her moonlit garden. In the shadows, she scatters the remains of the day - some finely ground powder and occasionally, the bloody remnants of an unfortunate encounter. Just as Yoohee thinks the past is buried, a young and determined police inspector comes knocking ... Atmospheric and haunting, PLANT LADY is a gripping story of obsession and misogyny that will fertilise your deepest fears and keep you rooted right to its haunting last page.

Autorentext

Minyoung Kang is a writer and editor-in-chief of film magazine CAST. Her publications include the novel Don't Let me Freeze Up, Please and the essay collection Ride a Bicycle and Keep Going. She also publishes short stories on the popular Korean e-book platform, RIDIBooks*.* She lives in Korea.

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Bad men make excellent fertilizer ...

The cult Korean psychological horror tale of revenge, reinvention, and what it takes to grow back.
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In the heart of a quiet town, a young woman tends to her plant shop, but beneath the soil of her lush, green sanctuary lies something far darker....

'A terrifically satisfying read, not like anything else this year' Irish Times
'A howl against misogyny' Stylist Magazine
'A twisted kind of escapism' New York Times
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Every garden needs a little weeding ...

Tucked away in the corner of a neighbourhood in Dosan, South Korea, is the Plant Shop. Its owner Yoohee has started anew, while her meticulously grown foliage thrives under her tender care. Plant Shop is her refuge, where petunias and marigolds bloom and the air itself is like an elixir of peace.

By day, Yoohee dispenses gardening advice, but she also finds herself offering a special service out-of-hours. Women in desperation come to her about a man they hope might disappear from their lives.

Because Yoohee has encountered these kinds 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 vanishes into her moonlit garden. There, she buries not just the remains of the day, but also the bloody remnants of a few unfortunate incidents.

As more men are reported missing, a determined young detective comes knocking ...

Atmospheric and haunting, PLANT LADY is a subtle, humorous story of dangerous obsession and misogyny that will fertilise your deepest fears and keep you rooted right to its chilling last page.
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'Gentle yet full of quiet rage, Plant Lady is sparse, haunting and timely' Parini Shroff, bestselling author of The Bandit Queens

*'*Tense, atmospheric' Guardian
'Twisty, darkly humorous' Booklist
'Exquisite' Publishers' Weekly

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