When the weather is fine

 

A story about forgiveness, healing, and love taking place around a small book store in the countryside. Hae Won is an ordinary woman with good character. She has played the cello since she was a child. Hae Won began her social life with her ability to play the cello but, during that time, she was hurt emotionally by others. Due to that, Hae Won does not trust people and she has closed her heart to others. Hae Won becomes sick and tired of her life in Seoul and decides to move back to her hometown Bookhyun Village. There, Hae Won meets Eun Seob who runs a bookshop named "Goodnight Bookstore." Eun Seob's daily life is simple; wake up, drink coffee, read a book, and write on his blog. However, Eun Seob's daily life begins to change after he meets Hae Won.(2020)

Oh, it's a slow burn of a story that sometimes you wonder if there is an ember glistening in the cold winter in the outback of Seoul. Of course, these two are both troubled. Or just ordinary. Very quiet in their own way of coping with the pains of life. Both have had deaths in their families. They live in a farming community and of course, this is where you get the local flavor which is quite wonderful. I loved how the community helped each other.

It's the back story of the two sisters that really brings the drama home. There is a lot that is never said. Hae Won's mother has spent seven years in jail for a crime she didn't commit and to Hae Won her mother has become cold-hearted. 

There is a great flashback story of HaeWon and Eun Seob back in high school (This is a tried and true story of a K-drama when the actors get to play a teen to adult in the story). Of course, there are new stories too, about Eun Seob's little sister who is boy crazy in her own school. We get to meet Eun Seob and Hae Won's friends too in this farming village. So it's not just one story.

Really, it's quaint and so very real with so many amazing and wise quotes! They had to stop production of this drama for a while during the pandemic, as well.  One of my favorite dramas of 2021.