{"product_id":"plant-lady-minyoung-kang","title":"Plant Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL HIT · Translated from the Korean by Shanna Tan · Hardback · Indian subcontinent edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery garden needs a little weeding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTucked away in a corner of Dosan, South Korea, is Plant Shop. Its owner, Yoohee, has made a fresh start, and her meticulously grown foliage thrives under her care. For customers it is a refuge — petunias and marigolds in bloom, and air that feels like a cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy day Yoohee gives gardening advice. After hours she offers a rather different service. Women at the end of their tether come to her about men they wish would simply disappear from their lives, and Yoohee understands, because she has met men like that herself — and pruned them back. So when night falls she trades her apron for a shovel and heads out into her moonlit garden to bury the remains of a few unfortunate encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen men begin to go missing, and a determined young detective comes knocking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, sharp and dangerously satisfying, \u003cem\u003ePlant Lady\u003c\/em\u003e is a twisted story of reinvention, female rage and the lengths people will go to take back control — Korean comfort fiction with the soil turned over. The \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it unlike anything else this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author and translator\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinyoung Kang\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor-in-chief of the film magazine \u003cem\u003eCAST\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books include the novel \u003cem\u003eDon't Let Me Freeze Up, Please\u003c\/em\u003e and the essay collection \u003cem\u003eRide a Bicycle and Keep Going\u003c\/em\u003e, and she publishes short stories on the Korean ebook platform RIDIBooks. She lives in South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShanna Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e translates from Korean, Chinese and Japanese. Her translations include the bestselling \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e by Hwang Bo-reum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoubleday hardback, 208 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor sale in the Indian subcontinent only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished 30 July 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background:#fef2f2;border-left:4px solid #dc2626;padding:12px;margin-top:18px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Despite the cosy cover, this is a revenge thriller with murder, violence and themes of domestic and sexual abuse. Intended for adult readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Doubleday (Penguin Random House)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52515175497944,"sku":"9781529958997","price":719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781529958997-jacket-large.jpg?v=1789986187","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/plant-lady-minyoung-kang","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}