I have been reading about the verbal battle regarding exotic writing between Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie in the book Joseph Anton: A Memoir.

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Both are both books which start with well-educated women who leave the workforce to parent and become less than desirable beings as they struggle with the dissonance of having a developed brain and being expected to easily adapt to the brainless work of early stage child-rearing (they try to make it an intellectual pursuit, but its not. The information and practices outlined herein are not comprehensive, nor a guarantee of avoiding counterfeits. the conartist theme is so hot right now (think COVER STORY, THE LIES I TELL) and i was here for the mysterious world of counterfeit luxury handbags (LV, Chanel, Birkin, etc).Though it must be said that at this point Chinese businesses and purchasers have beaten us at our own game. There is a lot about what it is to move in the world as a wealthy woman, a white woman, an Asian woman and all the big and small differences between them.

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At first it’s “just this once” but once Winnie has her hooks into you it’s very difficult to escape. There is something particularly joyful and delicious right now about reading a novel centered around a feminist caper. My thanks to the author, Kristin Chen, and the publisher, William Morrow, for the ebook if this novel. There are many other problems associated with this book, like the problems with the narration and the way the character's arc was created. Come for the con, stay for the insights into identity and self discovery, and the ever-elusive American dream.

But one can sympathise with a lot of what she has to go through in terms of family expectations, the inclination to always do things to please, and perhaps understand how she loses herself in the process.