{"product_id":"if-i-had-your-face-frances-cha-9780593129487","title":"If I Had Your Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience-and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.\"-The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Esquire, Bustle, BBC, New York Post,  InStyle \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKyuri 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. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e Kyuri's roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country's biggest conglomerates.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e Down 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e And 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Cha","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":48390311182579,"sku":"7770002933899","price":14.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780593129487.jpg?v=1768590450","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/if-i-had-your-face-frances-cha-9780593129487","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}