Author: Celeste Ng

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Much Anticipated Read in Review: Little Fires Everywhere

April 9, 2020 Uncategorized 3 ★★★★

Much Anticipated Read in Review: Little Fires EverywhereTitle: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Links: Bookshop (affiliate link) |Goodreads
Rating:four-stars

Summary: Read this one for the impressively believable characters and complex family relationships!

“In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned..And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren–an enigmatic artist and single mother–who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons…When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town–and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.” (source) Read more »

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Review and Giveaway: Everything I Never Told You

June 27, 2015 Fiction, Review 21 ★★★★★

Review and Giveaway: Everything I Never Told YouTitle: Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Author: Celeste Ng
Source: NetGalley
Links: Bookshop (affiliate link) |Goodreads
Rating:five-stars

Summary: This book was heartbreakingly real, with some of the most relatable characters I’ve ever encountered.

““Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos.” (Source) Read more »

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