{"product_id":"if-i-had-your-face-9780593129487","title":"If I Had Your Face","description":"\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience--and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e- NPR - \u003ci\u003eEsquire - Bustle \u003c\/i\u003e- BBC - \u003ci\u003eNew York Post \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eInStyle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593129487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.59d","brand":"Frances Cha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39463541113013,"sku":"9780593129487","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9f201c8d-4944-468b-b864-98e12f019696.jpg?v=1615924592","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-i-had-your-face-9780593129487","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}