Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng is the best-selling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere on the New York Times. Our Missing Hearts, her third novel, will be released in October 2022. Ng has received National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, and her work has been published in over thirty languages. Celeste Ng's enthralling novel - Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mysterious mother and daughter who upend their lives.
Everything in Shaker Heights, a peaceful, progressive Cleveland suburb, is planned, from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will lead. Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is following the rules, epitomizes this spirit.
Enter Mia Warren, a mysterious artist and single mother who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her adolescent daughter Pearl and rents a house from the Richardsons. Mia and Pearl quickly become more than just tenants, attracting the attention of all four Richardson children. Mia, on the other hand, has a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to destabilize this carefully ordered community.
When the Richardsons' old family friends try to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle breaks out, dividing the town and pitting Mia and Elena against each other. Elena is determined to uncover Mia's past secrets, despite her suspicions about Mia and her motivations. But her obsession will have unanticipated and devastating consequences.
Little Fires Everywhere delves into the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—as well as the danger of believing that adhering to the rules will save you. It is among the best books on family.
Author: Celeste Ng
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Fires-Everywhere-Celeste-Ng/dp/0735224293/
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars (from 57108 reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #23,679 in Books
#71 in Asian American Literature & Fiction
#1,348 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
#2,198 in Literary Fiction (Books)
