Counterfeit

Money cant buy happiness but it can buy a decent fake.

Ava Wonghas always played it safe.As a strait-laced,rule-abidingChinese American lawyer with asuccessfulsurgeonas ahusband,ayoung son,andabeautiful homeshes built theperfectlife. Butbeneath thisfaade,Avas world iscrumbling: her marriage isfalling apart,herexpensivelawdegreehasnt been usedinyears, andhertoddlers tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.

Enter Winnie Fang, Avas enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China,whoabruptlydropped out under mysterious circumstances.Now, twenty years later,Winnie islooking to reconnectwith her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Avaonce knewhas 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 schemethat involves importing near-exact replicas of luxuryhandbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport tohelp manageher businesssomeone whod never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava.Butwhen their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishesonce again,Avais left to face the consequences.

Swift, surprising,andsharplycomic,Counterfeitisastylish and feminist caperwith 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.

Paperback, June 13th 2023