- Sex and Vanity
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Lydia Look
The iconic author of the best-selling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the sparkling story of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: her family’s dream WASPY fiancé and George Zao, the man she’s trying her best to avoid falling in love with. love with.
On that first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill set eyes on George Zao and she immediately couldn’t stand him. She couldn’t bear it when he politely offered to change hotel rooms with her so she could see the Tyrrhenian Sea, she couldn’t stand the fact that he knew more about Casa Malaparte than she did, and she really can’t stand it when he kisses her in the dark of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobby, rebellious cousin Charlotte. “Your mother is Chinese so it’s no surprise that you’re attracted to someone like him,” Charlotte teased.
The daughter of a Chinese-Chinese mother and a blue-blooded New Yorker father, Lucie has always promoted her Asian side in favor of whites, and she staunchly denies having feelings for George. . But a few years later, when George makes a surprise appearance in East Hampton, where Lucie is spending the weekend with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself attracted to George again. Soon, Lucie is creating a web of deception involving her family, her fiancé, the board of her 5th Avenue apartment building, and ultimately herself when She tries her best to deny George entry into her world – and her heart. Moving between privileged summer playgrounds, brimming with decadent food and lavish fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a bold homage to A Room with a View, and a great comedy of manners set between two cultures.
Lydia’s reading/performance Look as she reads this book is amazing. I don’t know how much I would enjoy it if I read it myself. Even so, I was still captivated as the storyline followed the main character through her high life and her humble attitude.
