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A pick-your-own-poison type of lit:
> Satirical
> Vapid
> Shallow
> Ridiculous
> Fun
> Twisty
> Trashy
> Tacky
> Sweet
> Soap-operish drama
I've learned more from this one about fashion than I've ever considered wanting to know.
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Thank you Lord Jesus for the fellowship that we shared today, for the nourishing food we enjoyed, for the power of your holy word. Please watch over dear Sister Eleanor, Sister Lorena, Sister Daisy, and Sister Nadine, as they try to sell their Sina Land shares … (c)
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> Satirical
> Vapid
> Shallow
> Ridiculous
> Fun
> Twisty
> Trashy
> Tacky
> Sweet
> Soap-operish drama
I've learned more from this one about fashion than I've ever considered wanting to know.
Q:
Thank you Lord Jesus for the fellowship that we shared today, for the nourishing food we enjoyed, for the power of your holy word. Please watch over dear Sister Eleanor, Sister Lorena, Sister Daisy, and Sister Nadine, as they try to sell their Sina Land shares … (c)
Q:
She knew her ...more
4.25 stars. This is funny and enduring. Listen to the audiobook made me enjoy this experience more than I believe if I had read it. Review to come.
Interesting read! Sort of a Baz Luhrmann party in Singapore. I had no idea. No idea that there was a difference between mainland China's wealth (bourgeoisie, money made in the last 2-3 decades) and old wealth that left the country before the soviet regime - but of course this makes sense. I didn't know about the extravagance of Singapore, and what it meant to be ABC. Although I'd heard someone refer themselves as a bananna, the rest of the slang in the book was fun - however, probably more fun f
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I found the number of characters hard to follow sometimes but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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