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My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress Audiobook
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Sex and the City meets Catch Me If You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City—as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship and then scammed out of more than $62,000.
Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams’s 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 money, power, greed, and female “friendship.”
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“Glamour, greed, lust for power, great clothes (or at least expensive ones), rich people being ripped off, cameos by fellow millennial con artists like ‘Pharma Bro’ and the Fyre Festival organizers, and lots of satisfying clichés about the rotten core of the Big Apple.”
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“Beach reads should be light, fun, and serve a lot dish. That’s why number one on my summer reading list is My Friend Anna.”
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“A powerful account of Anna Delvey’s life and crimes but also a searching portrait of confidence artists and hustlers at large and the kinds of communities that seem especially vulnerable to them.”
— Crime Reads
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A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback
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A #1 Amazon bestseller
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A Time Magazine Best Book of the Year
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About Rachel DeLoache Williams
Rachel DeLoache Williams was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Kenyon College. In 2010, she moved to New York City and landed her dream job at Vanity Fair magazine, producing shoots with photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger for portrait subjects ranging from Jennifer Lawrence to Bruce Springsteen. My Friend Anna is her first book.