On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome bestselling author Kirstin Chen to discuss Counterfeit, a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice.
 
We talk with Kirstin about the model minority myth and why she wanted to explore it in this novel; the different ways we each related to her protagonist, Ava; what would push such an otherwise controlled woman to partake in a counterfeit handbag scheme; the ways in which her co-conspirator, Winnie, is a counterpoint to Ava; the structure of the novel; and how, in a way, Kirstin has been researching this particular novel her entire life.
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