The Healing Season of Pottery

'Cracks were forming in the silence that Jungmin had been protecting for months. As they widened, it felt good, freeing. She actually preferred to have the voices tickling her ears and to hear the thick and heavy sound of the clay.'

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Jungmin is down on her luck. She's worked tirelessly as a screenwriter her whole life, and has finally burnt out.

But after months of isolation, she realises it's time to make a change, and ventures out into the streets near Seoul. When she stumbles upon a pottery workshop, a new world opens up to her.

Leaning into the joys of her craft, Jungmin’s heart is slowly warmed by the kiln’s intense heat. Everyone at the workshop has their own story to tell, and as summer ebbs to autumn, autumn to winter, winter to spring, wounds begin to heal. Pot by pot, plate by plate, Jungmin discovers that as her hands become busier, her mind becomes calmer and her heart opens up like never before...

From a rising literary talent, this is a story of new friends and old practices; of finding community with loved ones and with yourself, and of what happens when you finally slow down in this fast-paced world.