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Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . . So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursuein Marilyn’s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James’s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party.
When Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost. Lydia’s older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it’s the youngest of the familyHannahwho observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened.
A profoundly moving story of family, history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.
When Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost. Lydia’s older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it’s the youngest of the familyHannahwho observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened.
A profoundly moving story of family, history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.
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- Title Everything I Never Told You
- Author Celeste Ng
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Press, New York
- Date 2014-06-26
- Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9781594205712 / 159420571X
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 870
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Domestic fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013039961
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/2014, Page 13
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2015, Page 10
- Entertainment Weekly, 05/22/2015, Page 66
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal, 01/01/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 01/01/2014, Page 68
- New York Times Book Review, 08/24/2014, Page 30
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/07/2014, Page 26
- People, 06/08/2015, Page 42
- Publishers Weekly, 04/14/2014, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 12/12/2014, Page 0
- SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens, 12/01/2014, Page 31
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