Counterfeit: a novel
"If you appreciate a good caper, you’ll want to pick up Kirstin Chen’s novel . . . Fast-paced and fun, with smart commentary on the cultural differences between Asia and America." — TIME
“Propulsive and captivating . . . A provocative story of fashion, friendship, and fakes (in more ways than one).” — VOGUE
Recommended by Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Cosmopolitan • Today show • Harper’s Bazaar • Vogue • Good Housekeeping • Buzzfeed • Oprah Daily • Parade • Popsugar • Goodreads • theSkimm • Katie Couric Media • The Millions • and more!
For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise—an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners.
Money can’t buy happiness… but it can buy a decent fake.
Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home—she’s built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years, and her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.
Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world, dripping in luxury goods, including a coveted Birkin in classic orange. The secret to her success? Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business—someone who’d never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences.
Swift, surprising, and sharply comic, Counterfeit is a stylish and feminist caper with a strong point of view and an axe to grind. Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two unforgettable women determined to demand more from life.
"Chen keeps readers on the edge of their seats as she weaves an addictive tale about the high/low world of counterfeit luxury handbags . . . A glittering, provocative read." — JANICE Y.K. LEE, New York Times bestselling author of The Expatriates
"Sly and thoroughly compelling . . . Chen's ingenious plot will keep you breathless to the last page." — CLAIRE MESSUD, New York Times bestselling author of The Burning Girl
Chinese American women -- Fiction
Counterfeiters
Counterfeiters -- Fiction
Counterfeits and counterfeiting
Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Female friendship
Female friendship -- Fiction
Fiction
Handbags
Handbags -- Fiction
International trade
International trade -- Fiction
Literature
Luxuries
Luxuries -- Fiction
Mystery
Thrillers (Fiction)
9780063119543
9780063119581
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Grouping Title | counterfeit |
Grouping Author | kirstin chen |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-28 04:42:22AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-28 05:57:42AM |
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Counterfeiters -- Fiction
Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Handbags -- Fiction
International trade -- Fiction
Luxuries -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Counterfeit A Novel
Counterfeiters
Counterfeits and counterfeiting
Female friendship
Fiction
Handbags
International trade
Literature
Luxuries
Mystery
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