{"product_id":"the-wizards-bakery-paperback","title":"The Wizard's Bakery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe award-winning, magical Korean bestseller, a dark twist on the healing fiction trend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit;\"\u003e'Don't we all need a little magic in our lives sometimes?'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eOpen twenty-four hours a day, at first glance The Wizard's Bakery seems like any ordinary bakery where you can buy bread, cakes, and cookies, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAt first glance, that is. Because when the young boy who is our protagonist chooses it as a refuge to escape a difficult family situation, the reality he finds is quite different. Baked with the help of a mysterious blue-haired shop assistant, are sweets and pastries with immense powers: madeleines to fix broken hearts, almond bars to unearth memories buried deep within, and cinnamon cookies for your worst enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eBut each of these items comes with a warning, regardless of the positive or negative effect: the power contained in the treats inevitably alters the order of the world and sometimes produces dramatic consequences for those who consume them, consequences that need to be weighed carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eFollow along with our protagonist as he learns about the responsibility that comes with working at this bakery... and most of all, how much people need a little bit magic in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eGu Byeong-mo was born in 1976 in Seoul. She studied Korean language and literature at Kyung Hee University, and worked as an editor. She made her literary debut with the novel \u003cspan style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWizard Bakery\u003c\/span\u003e (2009), which won the Changbi Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eIt became bestseller in Korea and was translated into many languages. Her short story collection \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit;\"\u003eHoping That It Wasn't Only Me\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015) received the Writer of the Year Award and the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for New Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44401641685199,"sku":"9781035428045","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_66f5b4d9-7edb-4d9e-8bca-fbaded6b8cc0.jpg?v=1751271351","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-wizards-bakery-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}