An addictive, tell-all memoir about what happens when you try to make your dreams come true - as well as a love letter to Korea
Aged twenty-one, fuelled by a love of K-dramas and a need to find herself, Alice Amelia moves to Seoul. She knows no one in her adopted country, doesn't speak the language, and hasn't tried kimchi, let alone grilled cow intestines or Korean corn dogs. But she soon realises that real-life Seoul isn't the romanticised city she'd watched on television - and it doesn't have subtitles.
Determined to follow her dream, Alice becomes everything she wasn't in England: adding spicy gochujang sauce to every meal, dancing in K-pop videos, dating HOT Korean models, and even injecting salmon sperm into her eye bags. But as she breaks into the Korean entertainment industry which she idolised from afar, her life spiralled in ways she never could have imagined. Wanting to stay true to herself, she wonders, will she ever belong in Korea? And what price will it cost her to stay?
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Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 138 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-0-349-02069-3 (9780349020693)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Alice Amelia fell in love with K-dramas as a teenager in Henley and moved to Seoul in her early 20s, where she then lived for 5 years and became part of the booming Korean entertainment industry.
In Korea, Alice worked for many major companies including The Black Label, HYBE, Starship Entertainment and Netflix. She also featured in adverts for Samsung, Hyundai Department Stores and the Korean gaming giant PUBG Studios, accumulating a social media presence of 100,000 combined followers. Alice has acted as an ambassador for the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and worked with the Seoul Tourism Organisation.
She recently earned a Master's in Film and Television production from MetFilm School and she is also an award-winning playwright.
