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03404aam a22004215a 4500 001 48D6D572940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 230303s2022 xxu es 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0063119579 020 $a 9780063119574 028 42 $a MWT15713156 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Chen, Kirstin, $d 1981- $e author. 245 10 $a Counterfeit : $b a novel $h [electronic resource] / $c Kirstin Chen. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b William Morrow, $c 2022. 300 $a 1 online resource 490 1 $a Reese's Book Club 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 520 $a 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. A bag is a bag is a bag . . . or is it? 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 fa?ade, 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. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Chinese American women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Female friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Counterfeits and counterfeiting $v Fiction. 650 0 $a International trade $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Handbags $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Luxuries $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Counterfeiters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Electronic books. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14616427?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780063119574_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206012552.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48D6D572940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search