Book Club
Kevin Kwan Book Club: In-Person
Thursday, April 24, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PST
Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PST
At Elliott Bay Book Company
for A Conversation with Kevin Kwan
Cost: $150-$250
Description
Join us for a SAL Book Club leading up to our Meet Cute Series event with Kevin Kwan!
Whether you’re already a dedicated Crazy Rich Asians fan or just looking for your next favorite romance, join other readers for two guided book club discussions of Lies and Weddings, led by Seattle writer and teaching artist Amy Hirayama, then meet up for the SAL event.
Book club packages include:
- A copy of Lies and Weddings shipped to your door.
- Two facilitated book club meetings held at Elliott Bay Book Company on April 24 and May 15 at 7:00 p.m.
- One in-person ticket to Kevin Kwan’s Seattle Arts & Lectures event on May 29, 2025, at Benaroya Hall.
Event Details
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
View Directions.
Know Before You Go
What to Expect
Elliott Bay Book Company will send you a copy of Lies and Weddings to the address on your ticket order one month prior to your first book club discussion.
Meet Amy Hirayama and other readers at Elliott Bay Book Company on Thursday, April 24 and Thursday, May 15, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. for guided discussions.
Attend the Seattle Arts & Lectures event on May 29 to enjoy additional insights from a conversation with Kevin Kwan.
About The Book
Lies and Weddings is a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Los Angeles to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan unfurls a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money.
Should he marry Solène de Courcy, a French hotel heiress with honey blond tresses and a royal bloodline? Should he pursue Martha Dung, the tattooed venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or should he follow his heart, betray his family, squander his legacy, and finally confess his love to the literal girl next door, the humble daughter of a doctor, Eden Tong? When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans—and their reputation—go up in flames.
Can the once-great dukedom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for two decades, reveal a shocking twist?
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. In 2020, his novel 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.
Transportation & Parking
Located in Capitol Hill, The Elliott Bay Book Company is served by the #2 bus, and is close to the #10 bus stop.
Street Parking is available in the area.
Please see The Elliott Bay Book Company website for more details.
Accessibility
The Readings Room is located below ground level. There is an elevator at the front of the store, to the right of the front steps, that takes riders down to the level where they can access the event space.
For any attendees who wish to use it, there is a doorbell by the elevator that when rung buzzes at the front counter. This will alert an Elliott Bay staff member, who will come outside to call up the elevator and to meet riders below so they can guide them to the Readings Room.
If you would like to notify Elliott Bay ahead of time that you’ll need access to the elevator, please call the store at 206-624-6600 to let them know your arrival time.
For those event attendees who don’t plan to use the elevator, please note that we have five steps at the front of the store leading up to our front door. Once you access the store, you’ll need to walk to the back of the main floor, approximately 55 feet. There, you’ll find a staircase with eighteen steps leading down to the event space.
