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The American Dream, 'It began the night I visited my sister, she lived…
The American Dream
The Glass castle
New money
I fretted about them, but I was embarrassed by them, too, and ashamed of myself for wearing pearls and living on Park Avenue while my parents were busy keeping warm and finding something to eat.
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"I'm worried about you," I said. "Tell me what I can do to help." Her smile faded. "What makes you think I need your help?" "I'm not rich," I said. "But I have some money. Tell me what it is you need."
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Family
Mom was sitting at a booth, studying the menu, when I arrived. She'd made an effort to fix herself up. She wore a bulky gray sweater with only a few light stains and black leather men's shoes. She'd washed her face, but her neck and temples were still dark with grime.
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"Come on, Mom." I felt my shoulders tightening up, the way they invariably did during these conversations. "I'm talking about something that could help you change your life, make it better."
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Crazy rich Asians
Wealth
Old money
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'but the young family, they’re old money rich. They had money when they left China in the 1800s, and they went all the way down here. Not there. Here. They came to Singapore, when there was nothing but jungle and pig farmers. There was a snake here lik eating an apple. You know what I mean? And they built all of this. Now, they’re the landlords of the most expensive city in the world."
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New money
There’s new money all over Asia. We got the Beijing billionaires, the Taiwan tycoons.
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"Self made mother, she must be very proud of you"
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The Great Gatsby
Old money
'throwing a lot in with those social climbing, primitive, new money type's.'
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'It began the night I visited my sister, she lived across the bay. In old money.' then it goes to say 'her husband was heir to one of the wealthiest family's in North America'
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