AFAReads discussion

1) We meet five different narrators, all women, in If I Had Your Face. How do their lives intertwine?

2) Author Frances Cha frequently uses such words as “chaebol,” “sangyeonrae,” and “filial.” While the book is a work of fiction, what might they reveal about South Korean culture and society?

3) Cha’s characters reflect on the past and their current situation, but not often on the future. Why do you think that is?

4) How is the concept of female beauty a character throughout the book?

5) Sujin’s nickname for Ara is ineogongju, or “little mermaid.” How is the original version of the story (by Hans Christian Andersen) a metaphor for what the women endure throughout?