{"product_id":"if-i-had-your-face-a-novel-0593129482","title":"If I Had Your Face: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0593129482\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cha, Frances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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 maniaPowerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience-and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.-The Washington PostONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Esquire, Bustle, BBC, New York Post, InStyleKyuri 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.Kyuris 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 countrys biggest conglomerates.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.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 Koreas brutal economy.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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52110104133920,"sku":"NEW0593129482","price":12.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/if-i-had-your-face-a-novel-0593129482","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}