Chosen by Stylist as one of the best memoirs of 2026

An addictive, tell-all memoir about growing up and finding love, friendship - and fame

At twenty-one, fuelled by K-dramas, Alice Amelia moves to Seoul. But real-life Korea isn't the glossy, subtitled fantasy she expected.

Desperate to belong, Alice becomes everything she wasn't in England: dating famous models, dancing in K-pop videos, , and even injecting salmon sperm into her eye bags.

But when she falls in love, she finds herself caught between who she was and who she's becoming, and she must decide what truly matters.

'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

'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

'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)