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Smoke

How a Small Town Girl Accidentally Wound Up Smuggling 7,000 Pounds of Marijuana with the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills

by Meili Cady
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This memoir from a woman duped by a criminal posing as an heiress is "a tale of love and loyalty gone awry [that] will keep fans of true crime reading" (Library Journal).
Aspiring actress Meili Cady left small-town Washington State for the glamorous lure of Los Angeles. Young and alone, she was struggling to make her big break. Then she met Lisette Lee. Calling herself the "Korean Paris Hilton," Lisette claimed she was a model and a Korean pop star, lived in a $1.2 million dollar apartment in West Hollywood, owned a fleet of luxury cars, and flitted from one red-carpet event to the next.
The connection was instant. Meili was enchanted by her friend's extravagant lifestyle, while Lee claimed Meili was the real thing in a town full of phonies. Soon, the financially strapped Meili became her friend's personal assistant—and found herself sucked into an audacious criminal enterprise. But when Meili finally realized what she was a part of it was too late—she was in too deep, caught in a terrifying relationship with a manipulative and abrasive con artist smuggling millions of dollars of pot into the Midwest.
Trapped in a precarious criminal world of money, drugs, and dangerous secrets, Meili struggled to understand the line between truth and lie. A once naive girl, she could only watch helplessly as it all came crashing down around her. Smoke is her story—an electrifying tale of vice, corruption, hubris, and lost innocence.
"Cady sends you careening down a rabbit hole where bad decisions are met with good humor . . . and a duffel bag stuffed with six-figures in cash." —Allie Kingsley, author of The Liar, the Bitch and the Wardrobe

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    December 15, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780062281913

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      • ISBN: 9780062281913
      • File size: 794 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      Cady moved to Los Angeles at 19 to become an actress. After struggling to find work and a close friend in the flashy city, she was introduced to self-proclaimed Samsung heiress Lisette Lee. The two became fast friends, and eventually Lee would manipulate Cady into helping her, along with other accomplices, to transport an estimated 7,000 pounds of marijuana from California to Ohio. Cady's story originally found success on her blog, House Arrest Girl, during her yearlong court-ordered house arrest. Cady's sentencing and court proceedings are told in limited detail in the memoir, as the bulk covers her relationship with Lee. Toward the end of the book, the author remarks that she overheard an officer state, "That has got to be the stupidest girl I've ever met in my entire life," referring to Cady in regard to her ability to be completely duped by Lee. Yet, despite the level of naivete that seems to ooze out of every sentence, one can't help but relate to Cady's ignorance in the face of loving someone and trying to find acceptance. VERDICT While maddening, this thorough and aggravating tale of love and loyalty gone awry will keep fans of true crime reading. [Paramount Pictures recently optioned the rights to a Rolling Stone article about the crime, for a film to be directed by Craig Brewer.--Ed.]--Kaitlin Connors, Windsor Woods Lib., Virginia Beach

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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