If I Had Your Face by Cha, Frances

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Author: Cha, FrancesSouth KoreaPublished on 24 June 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 288 pages128 x 196 x 22 | 206g
Gripping Curtis Sittenfeld * Electrifying Taylor Jenkins Reid * Remarkable Kevin Kwan * Stunning Sunday Times * Brilliant Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razors edge:Kyuri, a beautiful room salon girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she cant afford.Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.Chas writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool ObserverFascinating, eye-opening, compelling like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an expos of the class system in South Korea IndependentAbsolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and MALIBU RISINGOne of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul Essential reading VogueCulturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE Glittering, engrossing Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREADRemarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANSI finished it in two sittings, have re-read it twice since and Id still happily read it again its a serious contender for one of my favourite books ever. RedLONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021