Violets Jun'ichi Watanabe perfect Crispy Falafel

perfect Crispy Falafel

and everyone has seemingly perfect Instagram-ready lives

and the temperamental Queen of Hearts

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

Violets Jun'ichi Watanabe perfect Crispy FalafelAt twenty two, San is adrift and alone when she stumbles into a job at a modest flower shop in the heart of Seoul. Shaped by a childhood marked by rejection, she moves through life quietly and invisiblyfragile, stifled, and largely unseen in a society that demands conformity, especially from women. As a languid, sweltering summer unfolds, San finds herself surrounded by an unusual cast: a silent shop owner, a sharp tongued coworker, reticent farmers,