![]() It’s a character driven novel and although each of the women will stay with me for different reasons, Kyuri’s story was the most compelling. ![]() ![]() The story is set in Seoul, Korea and focuses on four young women, each grappling with Korea’s particularly high standards of beauty, strict social hierarchies, and misogynist society – the connection between beauty, money and power is hardly new, however Cha offers fresh perspective. Thankfully I don’t care about wrinkles* and nor was I in anyway offended that the acquaintance assumed Botox was on my radar!Īnyway, this is a long introduction to Frances Cha’s accomplished and fascinating debut, If I Had Your Face. Apparently you need to start young so that you never have any wrinkles to smooth out in the first place. When I was 42, a cosmetic-surgeon-acquaintance told me that Botox at my age was ‘pointless because the wrinkles were already there’. My skin routine is essentially washing my face with water and using a supermarket moisturiser when I remember. ![]() I never had pimples as a teen and I’ve never worn makeup. I am genetically blessed with what some refer to as ‘good skin’. ![]()
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