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Book Title: Sex and Vanity PDF
Author: Kevin Kwan
Published: June 30, 2020
Goodreads Link: Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan PDF
ISBN: 9780385546287
Formats: [PDF] [Epub]
No. of pages: 496 pages
Size: 1 MB
Genre: Romance novel, Humorous Fiction, Contemporary romance
Language: English
File Status: Available
Price: $0

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The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds–the WASP establishment of her father’s family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with.

On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can’t stand him. She can’t stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have the view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can’t stand that he knows more about Curzio Malaparte than she does, and she really can’t stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin, Charlotte. “Your mother is Chinese so it’s no surprise you’d be attracted to someone like him,” Charlotte teases.

Daughter of an American-born-Chinese mother and blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucy is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world–and her heart.

Moving between summer playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and extravagant fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan Review

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan Book Review by Christine [From Goodreads]

A whirlwind. I’m dazed.

I was initially wary when I read the synopsis, which states our protagonist Lucie Tang Churchill “has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favour of the white side.” A story about the internalized racism of a biracial woman born to a WASP dad and Asian mom, written by a non-biracial Asian man? Why? In Crazy Rich Asians there is a line about Rachel Chu not dating Asian men that were cut from the movie, as not to perpetuate stereotypes. I wondered about this book’s intentions.

So I hesitantly started reading. I quickly got hooked and lost myself in this opulent world.

Kevin Kwan writes Lucie with empathy and sensitivity. She is complex, not a raging self-hating caricature. She was raised with Chinese culture through her mom and respects it. But it’s not easy being biracial in her rich, snooty circles. Her white cousin Charlotte constantly others her by declaring “her mother is Chinese, but her father is American” (though Marian Tang was born in Seattle). Her paternal grandmother is very patronizing, and has always referred to her as an “exquisite little china doll.” Asians casually ask what she is and dissect her bloodlines in front of her as if she is an object, a prized breed. Lucie notes how an Asian woman with flashy clothes and a strong accent is singled out for derision, though other rich people around them dress just as gaudily. Her white-passing brother moves through the world with ease. Lucie’s mother is a strong, proud woman, but she alone can’t shield her daughter from the shame of being different.

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A lifetime of microaggressions is why Lucie fights her instant attraction to George Zao, whom she first meets in Capri when she is 19, during a friend’s extravagant destination wedding. George is kind, handsome, and so comfortable in his own skin as a Chinese person, and perhaps Lucie resents that most of all. But they are so drawn to each other as if they’d been involved in a past life… They have a dalliance, part in dramatic circumstances, and cross paths again 5 years later in NY when Lucie is engaged to a rich and pretentious white bore named Cecil. The chemistry between Lucie and George is palpable, and in desperation, she resorts to some pretty rotten behaviour to get George out of her life. Lucie has to learn that what she wants matters more than what she thinks the white, blue-blooded side of her family will accept.

The book is focused on Lucie’s self-discovery more than the romance, which feels rather rushed and underdeveloped as a result. I was a fan of George Zao (I mean, it’s hard not to love George when the alternative is Cecil), but he was put on a pedestal, a hunky, do-no-wrong, overly perfect wunderkind. My favourite characters ended up being the two Chinese mothers, Marian Tang and Rosemary Zao, who develop a kind of late-in-life new friendship I wish happened more often. I want them to come over and cook Chinese food for me.

Sex and Vanity PDF is written in the same dishy tone as CRA, set in a similar ritzy world. It pays homage to A Room with a View, and familiarity with Forster’s novel will definitely enhance your reading experience. Despite some flaws, this is a fun summer read and a sympathetic portrayal of a conflicted young woman.

About the Author [Kevin Kwan]

KEVIN KWAN is the author of Crazy Rich Asians, the international bestselling novel that has been translated into more than 30 languages. Its sequel, China Rich Girlfriend, was released in 2015, and Rich People Problems, the final book in the trilogy, followed in 2017. For several weeks in 2018, the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy commanded the top three positions of the New York Times bestseller list – an almost unprecedented single-author trifecta, and the film adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians became Hollywood’s highest-grossing romantic comedy in over a decade. In 2018, Kevin was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

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