A Magical Girl Retires Mind & Spirit profoundly alive

profoundly alive

but they have always been true

Joy Is My Middle Name is about crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties

raised her as his own daughter

with all its secrets and conflicting loyalties

A Magical Girl Retires Mind & Spirit profoundly aliveTitle: A Magical Girl Retires Author: Park Seolyeon ISBN: 9780063469242 Publisher: HarperVia Published: 2025 Binding: Paperback Language: English Number of Pages: 192 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: "Korean author Park Seolyeon's English language debut succeeds in ways no other recent novel has: in portraying the anxiety riddled realities of coming of age in our present moment through an unexpected and fantastical lens."