Front cover of Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang, a Korean psychological horror novel.

Book edge of the Plant Lady hardcover by Minyoung Kang.

Back cover of Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang

Plant Lady [Hardback] – Minyoung Kang

Name: Plant Lady [Hardback] - Minyoung Kang
SKU: 1661
Price: 14.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

£14.99

A Korean plant-shop owner secretly helps women deal with the men who have wronged them.

Feminist Horror & Femgore

2 in stock

Overview
Synopsis

Every garden needs a little weeding…

Yoohee has created a peaceful new life running a plant shop in South Korea, where her beloved plants offer refuge from her troubled past. But after dark, she provides a much more sinister service to women desperate to make certain men disappear, disposing of the consequences in her garden. Perfect for fans of feminist rage and revenge stories like Promising Young Woman.

All Nightmare Nook Books are selected by our chief Book Ghoul, Cat. Here’s why Plant Lady was cultivated:

“Plant Lady has one of the most perfect covers I’ve seen in a long time for a story that sounds incredibly up my street! Feminist revenge horror combined with serial-killer thriller and dark humour… if you’re tempted to dip a toe into translated horror fiction, put this at the top of your list!”

Condition:

Crisp as a new leaf and ready to thrill.

Synopsis

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.