Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World’s Most C

“A witty and engaging retrospective on [Tonello’s] long career traipsing the globe as a purveyor of the Birkin bag.”“Funny, thrilling, chock-full of great cocktail-party stories told with the flair of a natural raconteur.”“The one-step, one-stop shop guide to buying a Birkin.”“Funny, whip-smart. . . . Both a hilarious raid on fashion’s strongholds and a memoir that satisfies like a novel. Fashion die-hards, and many others, will be delighted from beginning to end.”“This summer’s most adorable chick-lit book. . . . It’s smart. It’s fizzy. It’s amusingly snarky, with attitude to burn. ”“A deliciously quick nonfiction read.”“Fascinating. . . . The sassy and resourceful Tonello built a very lucrative eBay resale business from his apartment, specializing in Herm}s scarves and the French luxury purveyor’s highly desired Birkin bag. It’s hard not to be swept up in his delightful one-man Birkin Brigades.”“The fashion world is about to be handed its own Da Vinci Code with Bringing Home the Birkin.”“Part comedy, part history, part treasure hunt, Michael Tonello’s memoir is a romping sociological inquiry. If you’re like me, you’ll be transfixed and wanting more!”“A deliciously addictive true tale of continent-hopping, celebrity-schmoozing, and a crazy-like-a-fox quest for that Herm}s “it” bag, the Birkin. Haute read, indeed.”“Herm}s’ worst nightmare.”“ [Tonello] reveals the key to scoring that Holy Grail of handbags in a clever memoir.”“The perfect, fluffy and fun beach read.”“In his peppy, addictive memoir . . . [Tonello] details the comical lengths to which he’s gone to snag hundreds of Birkins that he then sells (with a steep mark-up) on eBay.”“Tonello recounts the strange times.