Frances Cha, like her quartet of narrators, has a rebel's heart Jonathan Dee, author of THE LOCALS Helen Oyeyemi, award-winning author of GINGERBREADĪ provoking, ultimately inspiring tale of women pushing back against oppressive customs both traditional and new. The tale told here is as engrossing as a war chant, or a mosaic formed with blades, every piece a memento sharpened on those unyielding barriers between us and our ideal lives. Assured, bold, and electrifying, If I Had Your Face marks the entrance of a bright new voice in fiction Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIXĮach voice in this quartet cuts through the pages so cleanly and clearly that the overall effect is one of dangerously glittering harmony. Ann Napolitano, author of DEAR EDWARDĪbsolutely stunning. I loved reading about a world I knew nothing about, and from the first page, it was clear Cha was the best possible guide.
I couldn't put IF I HAD YOUR FACE down I was riveted by the stories of four young women navigating life in the extreme, competitive environment of modern Seoul. It's difficult to believe this is Frances Cha's first novel-she's a masterful storyteller. Ed Park, Author of PERSONAL DAYS and Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award Finalist An enthralling read from the very first page. Janice Lee, NYT Bestselling Author of THE PIANO TEACHERĪn intimate, panoramic debut. I devoured it in a single sitting, and so will you. Make way for Frances Cha, an entrancing new voice who guides us into the complexities and contradictions of modern-day Seoul. Navigating this cut-throat city are four young women balancing on the razor-edge of survival: Kyuri, an exquisitely beautiful woman whose hard-won status at an exclusive 'room salon' is threatened by an impulsive mistake with a client her flatmate Miho, an orphan who wins a scholarship to a prestigious art school in New York, where her life becomes tragically enmeshed with the super-wealthy offspring of the Korean elite Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they will afford to raise in a fiercely competitive economy and Ara, a hair stylist living down the hall, whose infatuation with a fresh-faced K-Pop star drives her to violent extremes. If I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerizing world of contemporary Seoul - a place where extreme plastic surgery is as routine as getting a haircut, where women compete for spots in secret 'room salons' to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours, where K-Pop stars are the object of all-consuming obsession, and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move. A glitteringly dark and unsettling debut novel set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of South Korea
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