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My Friend Anna

Written by: Rachel DeLoache Williams
Narrated by: Rachel DeLoache Williams
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Publisher's Summary

One of Time’s 100 Best Books of The Year

Sex and the City meets Bad Blood and Catch Me If You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as an heiress in New York City - as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor and friend of Delvey’s who was scammed out of more than $62,000 and is featured as a character in the Netflix series Inventing Anna.

Rachel DeLoache Williams’ new friend Anna Delvey, a self-proclaimed German heiress, was worldly and ambitious. She was also generous - picking up the tab for lavish dinners at Le Coucou, infrared sauna sessions at HigherDOSE, drinks at the 11 Howard Library bar, and regular workout sessions with a celebrity personal trainer.

When Anna proposed an all-expenses-paid trip to Marrakech at the five-star La Mamounia hotel, Rachel jumped at the chance. But when Anna’s credit cards mysteriously stopped working, the dream vacation quickly took a dark turn. Anna asked Rachel to begin fronting costs - first for flights, then meals and shopping, and, finally, for their $7,500-per-night private villa. Before Rachel knew it, more than $62,000 had been charged to her credit cards. Anna swore she would reimburse Rachel the moment they returned to New York.

Back in Manhattan, the repayment never materialized, and a shocking pattern of deception emerged. Rachel learned that Anna had left a trail of deceit - and unpaid bills - wherever she’d been. Mortified, Rachel contacted the district attorney, and in a stunning turn of events, found herself helping to bring down one of the city’s most notorious con artists.

With breathless pacing and in-depth reporting from the person who experienced it firsthand, My Friend Anna is an unforgettable true story of “glamour, greed, lust for power” (The New York Times), and female friendship.

©2019 Rachel DeLoache Williams (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

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If you had ready any article on this story it will be better than this book

This is not a story of Anna Delvey, it is a story of Rachel he naïveté and her moral compass. Moreover it is a story of Rachel disputing Amex charges Anna put on her card for majority of the book. Repetitive and boring the story never really went anywhere exciting or unpredictable. I wish I had chose a different book.

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Not much of a story for an entire book...maybe an essay.

This was clearly written by an impressionable, insecure young lady. I was left wondering how she managed to get this published...perhaps her connections at Vanity Fair?
The boring details of story and written from this young woman’s perspective alienated the sophisticated reader.

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Not much

I regret buying this book. I didn't even bother finishing it. I could not stand the narrator's voice and her pronunciation.

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My Friend Anna - Excellent read

Definitely gonna read this again. I found it very interesting, intriguing and informative. I wish it was longer.

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Well Written

I really loved this book. Well narrated , well written too. The Anna Delvey story is so fascinating. This book gives another side of the story. I do think that the Netflix serie wasn’t fair on how they presented Rachel in the story. Anna Sorokin is a mystery in the Netflix serie while the Anna presented in this book seems more tangible. We understand pretty well how Rachel and Anna got along. Thank you Rachel for this book. Now It would be interesting to get a book from Sorokin herself explaining the events. I am still convinced that the Anna shown in the Netflix serie is not accurate. The real Anna seems to me more complexe and clever. Not at all a wannabe socialite.

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Rachel is more concerned with her image than story.

In the book she kept on emphasizing on things that restored her public image rather than the actual story. It was interesting to listen to, dont get me wrong, but it was a « fix my public image » kinda story. Making Anna into this rude person that looked down on everyone while Rachel kept on saying she felt uncomfortable, well why did you continue to hang out then?
Like i feel we are not getting the whole story. Rachel liked the way she felt in the presence of Anna because she did not feel like an average person, and she enjoyed Anna giving her time and being in her company because it made her feel superior.

Not a psychologist but this is the vibe of the book. Don’t regret listening to it, but kind of annoyed of the victim image painting situation.

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Disappointing

A perfect example of why you should hire proper voice talent for audio books. The writing is done in such a monotonous recounting of details I could not finish this book.

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I don't understand the hate

I don't understand the hate that this author gets. All I can think is if this happened to me that I would be absolutely destroyed. this is a very interesting story and a good reminder that anyone can be conned.

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Hot Gossip

This was a sincere and interesting book documenting a great scam with incredible detail. I was hooked and stayed up late listening to this book. A definite must read.

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Everyday NYC Elitist Drama

I love NYC and visiting it's boujee restaurants and clubs, and enjoying feeling like I'm part of an elite group of people for the while I'm there, but then I go home knowing most of it is fake and easily corrupted. This story felt like the usual drama of people discovering the truth behind the fake instagram models and lying wealthy men who buy bottles on maxed out VISAs. This story could have been better if it was less about the back and forth of a bank statement and more about the nitty gritty truth of the behind the scenes world of NYC. Overall it could have been a good short story but 19 chapters was too long to explain someone getting swindled into a fake world of money and fame which happens daily in NYC.

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