Lady Augusta Gresham, daughter of Francis, Earl of Greshamsbury, and his wife, Arabella, a former supermodel from Hong Kong, is marrying Prince Maximillian zu Liechtenburg, in the society wedding of the year.
Unbeknown to Augusta, and her siblings, Rufus and Beatrice, the family is facing financial ruin. Arabella, conscious of her children’s biracial identity and the racism she faced when she married into the British aristocracy, is scheming to marry off Rufus to a wealthy woman.
But Rufus is in love with the girl next door – Eden Tong, who has been his best friend since childhood. At Augusta’s wedding, a comedy of disasters ensues and the Greshamsbury money and reputation is about to disappear – unless Rupert can save the family. Will he fall into line with Arabella’s wishes and preserve the Greshamsbury legacy or follow his heart?
I adored Lies and Weddings, such a satirical and entertaining novel. From London to Hawaii, Marrakech to Los Angeles, it’s a romp through the lives of the ultra wealthy. There are glamourous weddings, entry to private clubs and a lifestyle to make ordinary people green with envy – but what lies are told to prop up this existence and what of happiness?
Reviewed by Melinda Woledge
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kevin Kwan is the author of Crazy Rich Asians, the international bestselling novel that has been translated into 40 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.
Sex and Vanity hit the New York Times bestseller list in its first week of release and is being adapted into a feature film by Sony Pictures. Kevin has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
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