Counterfeit: A Reese's Book Club Pick

ISBN: 0063119552

Author: Chen, Kirstin

Condition: New

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKA con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read-but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and subversive here." - Camille Perri, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWRecommended by New York Times Book Review Washington Post People Entertainment Weekly USA Today TimeCosmopolitanToday show Harpers Bazaar VogueGood HousekeepingParadeNew York Post Town & Country GMA.com Buzzfeed Goodreads Oprah Daily Popsugar Bustle theSkimm 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 cant 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-shes built the perfect life. But beneath this faade, Avas world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasnt been used in years, and her toddlers tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.Enter Winnie Fang, Avas 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 whod 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."If you appreciate a good caper, youll want to pick up Kirstin Chens novel . . . Fast-paced and fun, with smart commentary on the cultural differences between Asia and America." - TIMEPropulsive and captivating . . . A provocative story of fashion, friendship, and fakes (in more ways than one). - VOGUE