Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)

by Kevin Kwan

Predictably, Dick and Nancy T’sien had commandeered two rows near the pulpit and were turning away anyone other than T’siens, Youngs, or Shangs (in rare exceptions, they were allowing in a few Leongs and Lynn Wyatt).

I spent my teenage years in Houston, Texas, where Lynn Wyatt is the undisputed queen of society. Almost every week, the newspapers and magazines were breathlessly detailing her every move--her legendary parties, her great philanthropy, and her iconic style. Even when I moved to New York in the mid 1990s, I would see her picture pop up at any party around the world that seemed to matter--a royal wedding, the Vanity Fair Oscar party, a charity ball in Monaco. So of course, it's only fitting that Lynn would be invited to the wedding of the year in Singapore. OF COURSE she would be at Colin and Araminta's wedding! It was my tribute to a lady who has done so much good for Houston and around the world, and my wink to fellow Houstonians who I knew would get a kick out of seeing her name pop up even here. Much to my astonishment, Lynn Wyatt showed up at my book party event at the Asia Society of Houston in 2013. She said to me in her inimitable drawl, "At first I thought I was losing my mind, when friends started telling me that they saw I had been invited to this crazy rich Asian wedding. I don't ever remember going to a wedding in Singapore, and I was so relieved to find out that it was just in a novel!"