num_pages: 398
description: Kevin Kwan bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend is back with an uproarious new novel featuring a family driven by fortune an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy a battle royal fought through couture-gown sabotage and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother Su Yi is on her deathbed he rushes to be by her bedsidebut he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim to their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Parka trophy estate on sixty-four prime acres in the heart of SingaporeNicholas' childhood home turns into a hotbed of backbiting and intrigue. As Su Yi's relatives fight over heirlooms Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu but tormented by her ex-husbanda man hell-bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong married to China's second richest man Jack Bing still feels upstaged by her new stepdaughter famous fashionista Colette Bing.In this sweeping tale that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace that is caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi Kevin Kwan hilariously reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.
language: English
title: Rich People Problems
publisher: Doubleday