At heart, If I Had Your Face is a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience-and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.” - The Washington Post “ powerful and provocative rendering of contemporary South Korean society, one that might be considered bleak if not for the women themselves, who occasionally surprise with their compassion and bravery. If you read one book this month, make it If I Had Your Face.” - InStyle The vivid characters at the novel’s core make for a compelling read, and in a time of such global division, hopefully a uniting one. " If I Had Your Face isn’t just a good book-it’s a book we need, badly. . “An enthralling tale about the weight of old traumas, economic disparity and the restoring power of friendship. Ultimately, female friendship bolsters precarious fortunes in this gripping novel-compelling readers to consider what remains after beauty fades.” -O: The Oprah Magazine
“ has a biting wit and an eye for absurd glitz. It’s the scaffolding-and also, occasionally, the wrecking ball.” - The New York Times Book Review Take a closer look and you’ll find the sisterhood at the heart of this ambitious book. “The chapters alternate among the women, each one breathing new life into the old chestnut, ‘You never know what goes on behind closed doors.’. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country’s biggest conglomerates.ĭown the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life.Īnd Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea’s brutal economy. Kyuri’s roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York.
Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul “room salon,” an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Esquire, Bustle, BBC, New York Post, InStyle a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience-and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.”- The Washington Post A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania
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