Kirstin Chen

Scandalous handbag scheme

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Scandal: An illegal counterfeit handbag business. Is that sufficiently scandalous for you? I read this book for my book club, but probably would have picked it up anyway since it seems right up my alley. It tells the story of Ava Wong, a Chinese-American woman living what seems to be the perfect life, but she’s not happy. Her marriage is falling apart, she hasn’t used her law degree in years, and her toddler Henri’s tantrums are going to drive her over […]

A fun romp – will look forward to the tv adaptation

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

December 30, 2022 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

This was a Reese Witherspoon book club entry, and I fully expect that at some point we’ll see a limited series. I know I’m supposed to be totally over unreliable narrators, but this was just good fun. The narrative conceit of having about 85% of the book as a statement to the cops lends itself really well to the unreliable narrator, so it’s actually a lot less annoying than it could be – I kind of expect that the whole, entire, unvarnished truth is not […]

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