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If I Had Your Face
- Narrated by: Frances Cha, Sue Jean Kim, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jeena Yi
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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If I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerising 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.
Navigating this cutthroat 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.
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- Audible Customer
- 01-17-21
To each their own
A highly acclaimed title for 2020 which I just could not finish. Perhaps, to each their own.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-22
Relaxing read
Nice to learn about Korean culture and it’s well written but nothing really happens as such, it just follows the lives/ backstory of 5 people living in an apartment building. She could have done more with it
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- Sally Beames
- 05-10-22
love it!
Story is captivating and the performance is outstanding!
Beautifully written and oddly hopeful. I recommend!
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- tabitha russell
- 04-11-22
enjoyable, easy read
As a westerner I enjoyed hearing what it might be like to live life in Korea. The stories were enjoyable.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-29-22
Where was the ending???
Just the above. No ending!! Seems it just stopped a chapter from the end. V strange. Interesting subject but a bit shallow .,
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- Manisha
- 01-23-22
Hooked
I became attached to these characters and their personal journeys really quickly - even in their darkest, rarest moments I was rooting for them to overcome their circumstances.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-20
must read
really enjoyed following the lives of each character, their world, their thoughts their pain.
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- anom
- 09-15-20
Great Book
Really enjoyed listening to this. I Could keep up while multitasking. Characters are really likeable.
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- Laura
- 08-18-20
Fascinating
A thoroughly fascinating story; intertwined narratives of young Korean women. It explores what it means to be young, successful and ambitious in Korea today. I
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- Amy
- 08-04-20
enchanting
couldn't stop listening, I was swept up in the lives of complex characters including the city of Seoul. Beautifully written and performed
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- Cathy
- 02-25-21
Vivid and engaging
The chapters provide vivid insight into each character’s inner world. Highly engaging and a story of female friendships and bravery in the core.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-26-22
Excellent writing and characterisation
This story will stay with me for a while and I can’t wait to read Frances’ next offering. It’s a stunning debut.
I winced in parts. in others I was laughing and there were tears.
I enjoy Korean cinema and this is my first taste of their literature. Frances’ writing is gracefully sensual - I felt I was there at the party in New York with Miho, at Ara’s parents lowly bunker taking in the bereft decor, shoulder to shoulder with Kyuri at the salon with the groping disgusting customers.
After reading this story I now understand the harshness of life for Korean women who bear the double weight of Korean cultural pressures and the burden of patriarchy manifested in the unrealistic beauty standards they feel they must live up to and sometimes die for.
I’m still of two minds about surgery and cosmetic procedures but at least as an Australian woman I have a choice whereas it seems to me before and after reading this book that the young women of Korea do not.
Beautifully read and performed.
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- rachel power
- 02-01-21
loved it!
fascinating & devastating glimpse into contemporary korean society, in a brilliantly deadpan tone. finished in 2 sessions, i was hooked.
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- Nawwal
- 12-14-22
It was Ok
An interesting look into Korean culture but I couldn't say anything of note that actually happened.
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