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Nadine Shaw’s daughter, Francesca is one of Araminta’s friends who attends the bachelorette weekend. Eleanor ropes Francesca into her scheme to run Rachel off, and Francesca takes her role seriously—it’s implied that she’s responsible for putting a mutilated fish in Rachel’s bag at the bachelorette. Francesca takes this so seriously in part because she sees wealth as a person’s most important asset. However, Francesca experiences a nasty shock when her grandfather wakes up from a yearslong coma and, enraged by how his family members have been spending his money, cuts off her allowance. She throws tantrums, as she insists she’s unable to survive on her lawyer’s salary. Nick has known Francesca since they were kids, and the narration reveals that she was a different—and nicer—person before she gained access to her grandfather’s money.
Francesca Shaw Quotes in Crazy Rich Asians
The Crazy Rich Asians quotes below are all either spoken by Francesca Shaw or refer to Francesca Shaw. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 8 Quotes
“Did you see what she was wearing? Where did she get that cheap-looking tunic top—Mango?”
“How can you expect her to have any style? Think she gets it from reading American Vogue? Hahaha.”
“Actually, Francesca says that she’s not even ABC—she was born in Mainland China.”
“I knew it! She’s got that same desperate look all my servants have.”
“Well here’s a chance for her to get some decent clothes at last!”
“Just you watch, with all that Young money she’s going to upgrade pretty damn quick.”
“We’ll see—all the money in the world can’t buy taste if you weren’t born with it.”
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Part 2, Chapter 11 Quotes
“Isabel, I’m going to tell it to you like it is, because everyone here is wasting your time being polite. You can’t afford to fall in love with Simon. Let me break it down for you. Let’s be generous and assume that Simon is making a measly eight hundred thousand a year. After taxes and CPF, his take-home is only about half a million. Where are you going to live on that kind of money? [...] We’ve already spent four hundred and seventy thousand of Simon’s salary, which leaves just thirty thousand for everything else. How are you going to put food on the table and clothe your babies with that? [...] Don’t you see? It’s impossible for you to marry Simon. We wouldn’t worry if you had your own money, but you know your situation. The clock is ticking on your pretty face.”
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Francesca Shaw Character Timeline in Crazy Rich Asians
The timeline below shows where the character Francesca Shaw appears in Crazy Rich Asians. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 2
...flips through her Bible and Nadine peruses the Singapore Tattle for pictures of her daughter Francesca, the “Shaw Foods heiress.” They discuss the magazine’s coverage of Carol’s latest charity gala and...
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Part 2, Chapter 8
...who those Chus are. The girl leaves to tell her friends in another room, and Francesca Shaw, Nadine Shaw’s daughter, says she has even more juicy intel on Rachel.
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...girls fight over clothes, Rachel peruses a rack nobody else is looking at and watches Francesca pout to Araminta that she didn’t bring her new Chanel resort wear. To Rachel, Araminta...
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Part 2, Chapter 11
...enjoying the bachelorettes’ lavish sunset dinner, but she’s flabbergasted listening to the conversations around her. Francesca is explaining to another girl that the girl can’t “afford to” marry her boyfriend, as...
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Part 2, Chapter 18
...Nadine arrives and says she’s heard a lot about Rachel from her daughter. Just then, Francesca swoops in, kisses Nick on the cheek, and mentions how much Rachel enjoyed “the fish...
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...Eleanor and her friends that she genuinely does know how to cook, and she and Francesca continue to exchange subtle insults and warnings. When asked, Rachel shares that she’s an economics...
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Alone with her friends, Philip, and Francesca, Eleanor asks if everyone saw how Rachel was staring at everything and “adding everything up...
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Part 3, Chapter 8
...Araminta Lee.” This trendy food is so terrible and absurd. Eleanor quickly excuses herself, approaches Francesca, and leads her to an alcove. After sending Francesca to get water so she can...
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It’s nearly midnight, and Rachel is chatting with Sophie Khoo in the banquet hall. Francesca comes in and begins arguing with Mandy about where to go eat later—and Mandy adds...
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Part 3, Chapter 10
...Rachel says she’s had enough of the “crazy women” in Nick’s life, like Mandy and Francesca. She brings up the threesome, and Nick says they were 16 and hormonal. (He doesn’t...
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...the rest of his family. Sighing, Rachel feels her anger dissipating: this is exactly what Francesca wanted to happen. Nick suggests they skip the tea ceremony tomorrow and go somewhere special....
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Part 3, Chapter 11
...going to propose in October, but he has to show her she’s important now after Francesca treated her so badly.
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Part 3, Chapter 19
...the family now lives in a mansion with servants. He lost it when he saw Francesca dressed up in couture clothes. The next morning, he took control of Shaw Foods, froze...
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...will no doubt have another stroke soon and things will go back to normal. But Francesca is struggling. She lost her monthly allowance and can’t possibly live on her lawyer’s salary....
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