Got some thoughts on our March pick, ‘Violeta’ by Isabel Allende? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta, Or, if you’re after some variety, here’s a link to record a voice message via our website, too.īig thanks to Bed Threads for making this episode possible. Today on the show, we chat about the world of plastic surgery in South Korea, standout characters, and the book’s strengths and weaknesses.
The novel is set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, and follows four young women making their way in a world defined by impossibly high standards of beauty, secret room salons catering to wealthy men, strict social hierarchies, and K-pop fan mania. 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.This month, we read If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha.
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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