{"product_id":"b0f7h5bgqc","title":"How Korean Corn Dogs Changed My Life: Finding love, fame and myself in Seoul","description":"\u003cp\u003eChosen by Stylist as one of the best memoirs of 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn addictive, tell-all memoir about chasing reinvention in Korea and the reality behind the dream\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-one, fuelled by K-dramas and a need to reinvent herself, Alice Amelia moves to Seoul. She knows no one, doesn't speak the language, and hasn't tried kimchi, let alone Korean corn dogs. But real-life Seoul isn't the glossy, subtitled fantasy she expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to follow her dream, Alice becomes everything she wasn't in England: dousing every meal in gochujang, dancing in K-pop videos, dating famous models, and even injecting salmon sperm into her eye bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs she breaks into the Korean entertainment industry which she idolised, finds friendship, and flirts with love, her life spirals in ways she never imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaught between who she was and who she's becoming, will she ever belong in Korea? And what is she willing to sacrifice to stay?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brings to life a country as complex and vibrant as its many gochujang-laced dishes. A delicious reminder that we can find home in the most unexpected landscapes, people, and flavors'  KIM SUNÉE, author of  Everyday Korean  and  A Mouthful of Stars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Shocking, hilarious, and swooningly romantic, Alice Amelia's memoir reads like one of the best rom-coms - and yet it all actually happened'  EMILY CHAPPELL, author of  Where There's A Will\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating deep dive into the world (and the seedy inner workings) of k-pop and k-drama ... also an honest account of the author's turbulent twenties and affairs of the heart'  SARRA MANNING (on Substack)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54229906620779,"sku":"YSL25164","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/81EMivLpeCL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792830955","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b0f7h5bgqc","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}