Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag

"[A] memoir of ... madcap travels, triumphs and humiliations. [Tonello] peels back the layers of pretension at the eminent design house... . Anyone who's ever stepped into a luxury boutique and felt the sting of the doorman's disapproval will find a hero in Tonello." --Miami Herald

The hilarious, whirlwind account of an insider's years spent globe-trotting in search of the handbag called "a better investment than gold" the Birkin. With a life that reads like a heist novel, Michael Tonello re...