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Counterfeit

By: Kirstin Chen
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
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Summary

Hustlers meets Big Little Lies in the heist of the summer....

Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life’s boxes. She’s married to a successful surgeon and has just taken an indefinite career break to raise her adorable toddler. A picture-perfect life.

Meet Winnie: Ava’s old college roommate. Once awkward, quiet and apparently academically challenged, she left Stanford in a shroud of scandal. But now, she is charismatic, wealthy and has returned to town dripping in designer accessories. An actual perfect life.

When the two women bump into one another at a local coffee shop, it seems like fate has intervened: Winnie’s new-found success is courtesy of a shady business and she needs a favour; Ava is realising she is not built for the stay-at-home life. But what starts as one favour turns into two, then three, and soon Ava is in far deeper than she ever imagined. 

Now Ava has to make the ultimate decision: cut and run, or risk it all?

©2022 Kirstin Chen (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"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...innovative and subversive." (New York Times)

"Riveting and energetic…Chen deftly guides readers through the exploits of old friends Ava and Winnie while also exploring the intricacies of friendship, class, culture and survival." (Balli Kaur Jaswal, acclaimed author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows)

"Sly and thoroughly compelling…Chen's ingenious plot will keep you breathless to the last page." (Claire Messud, New York Times best-selling author of The Burning Girl)

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If you love handbags this book is for you!

I think this book was wasted on me as l don’t know a LV from a Sainsbury carrier bag but it doesn’t hi light the obscene conditions children work in to satisfy greedy rich women. It’s all just a food chain!

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Different

I loved this story, different to most other typical novels. I’d definitely recommend you try this one

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I could visualise this as a glossy heist movie! Loved it

Great pace, loved the performance and the story. Nice little twists and turns. Loved the ending

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Great story with twists and easy listening

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and will seek out more from this author. Beautifully descriptive with some interesting insights into the world of handbag aficionado .

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Interesting enough but not special

Was ok, enjoyed it as background but wasn’t gripped. I enjoyed the narrator - was good

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Such an unexpected twist!

Such an unexpected twist halfway, I loved it! It’s also a story of model minority syndrome interlaced with a larger conversation about what it means to be successful in this system. Really enjoyed it, finished it in two days.

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Great story easy listening

Really enjoyed the story perfect for a beach read. Love handbags so enjoyed listening to all the designs.

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Quick listen

interesting story with a few twists and turns. Likeable characters and very tongue in cheek at times. Short and therefore not deep, but enjoyable.

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counterfeit

love love love! I really enjoyed this book, although fiction, clearly it was well researched. The narrators voice, for me, was spot on. Only criticism , the end came to quick, hope you enjoy.

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Gripped from the start

Just the novel I was looking for, funny and unpredictable. Really liked all the characters too

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