If I had your face: A novel

Ara

A mute girl, works at a hair salon
Lives in a tiny apartment with Sujin, went to middle and high school together

Married woman, suffers a Claustrophobia
Lives in the same building with Ara and Miho.
Too late but still so young: “I married him because I was tired and it was already too late for me, even though I was still so young.”
“Unless you are born into a chaebol family or your parents were the fantastically lucky few who purchased land in Gangnam decades ago, you have to work and work and work for a salary that isn’t even enough to buy a house or pay for childcare, and you sit at a desk until your spine twists, and your boss is somehow incompetent and a workaholic at the same time and at the end of the day you have to drink to bear it all.”
“I wanted a baby, a wee creature who would be completely mine”
“The hate mothers-in-law harbor toward their daughters-in-law is built into the genes of all women in this country.”

An artist, lives with Kyuri.
Sujin wrote to her to come live with her.
Wonna’s perspective: “They look so quiet and cold no matter the weather and they nod at me and whisper hello under their breath…. They don’t know that I have been waiting for them to come home.”
Miho’s perspective: “Sometimes, I see the wife sitting on the steps when I come back late at night from the studio. She never raises her head as I walk past. It’s all very rude but I am used to her.”
Kyuri said: “You know, you’re just lucky that your kind of face is trendy these days. But you don’t have to be such a condescending snob about surgery.”
“the naturally beautiful artist-in-residence.”
Kyuri said: “That’s okay—this is really important! I want you to marry Im Ga-yoon’s son and introduce me to celebrities all the time.” And Miho thoughts: “She doesn’t see the horror on my face.”
Hanbin’s mother opened an art gallery near Gyeongbokgung Palace.