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Counterfeit : a novel / Kirstin Chen.
Van Pelt Library PS3603.H4495 C68 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chen, Kirstin, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Reese's book club
- Reese's Book Club
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese American women--Fiction.
- Chinese American women.
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Female friendship.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Fiction.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
- Product counterfeiting--Fiction.
- Product counterfeiting.
- International trade--Fiction.
- International trade.
- Handbags--Fiction.
- Handbags.
- Luxuries--Fiction.
- Luxuries.
- Counterfeiters--Fiction.
- Counterfeiters.
- Women-owned business enterprises--Fiction.
- Women-owned business enterprises.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- 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 facade, 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....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."-- Publisher's description.
- Notes:
- "Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780063119543
- 0063119544
- 9780063266995
- 0063266997
- OCLC:
- 1273914438
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