The Healing Season of Pottery

"It's been a long time since I've read such a lovely book. I was awestruck by the prowess with which Yeon guides her characters' stories, step by step, towards hope, never dragging them down into the abyss. It felt like she was guiding me by the hand under the balmy rays of the sun. I found myself wanting to follow her lead and mold a beautiful heart to gift to those I hold most dear. Reading her novel, I felt a warmth and joy, as if I, too, had spent four seasons in Soyo Workshop."

“Like clay to the wheel, I was ‘thrown’ right into Yeon Somin’s charming and utterly moving novel of finding love, meaning, and peace through pottery. Reader, I hope you find these pages as healing as I have.”

“A charming and poignant novel about the power of friendship, community and hobbies that teach us to slow down and reconnect.” 

"Purrfect Translation: A Look at Cats on Recent Translated Literature"

“Promises sigh-inducing comfort…[an] exquisite, winsome Korean import, warmly translated by Clare Richards. Work burnout, new directions, new friends, new love, and, most important, a cat—that’s all here, thrown together with the creation of pottery…Yeon’s author’s note reveals autobiographical overlaps, turning the novel into an even more intimate gift.”