![]() These became settings and themes in the book.įor instance, mute K-pop obsessing protagonist Ara works in a hair salon, while her roommate Sujin dreams of having plastic surgery to change her face – and, hopefully, her life.Ĭha says she wanted to portray the "brillance and beauty" of contemporay South Korea in her book. “I was always observing everyone and everything on a heightened level as I went about my day in Seoul.”Ĭha wrote about Seoul’s plastic surgery industry, fine art and K-pop while also offering recommendations on everything from restaurants to hair salons during her tenure as a travel editor. ![]() ![]() ![]() “In particular, the articles ‘ How to be a Seoul local’ and the ‘ 10 things South Korea does best’ were very fun ones to write because I was able to dive into the specific quirks and global superlatives of South Korea as a country. “Much of the inspiration that I got for this book comes from when I was working at CNN Travel,” Cha says. The New York-based author grew up in the United States, Hong Kong and South Korea and joined CNN as a travel and culture editor in Seoul in 2010. ![]() Frances Cha, author of "If I had your face," says her book was inspired by her time as a travel writer and editor. ![]()
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