Everything I Never Told You

By Celeste Ng

A family's secrets unravel after their daughter's mysterious death.

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297 pages

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In 1970s Ohio, the Lee family is shattered when Lydia, their beloved daughter, is found dead. As Marilyn and James grapple with their loss, buried secrets and unfulfilled dreams surface, threatening to tear them apart. What truths lie beneath their perfect facade, and can they find understanding amidst the chaos? Discover a gripping tale of family, identity, and the silent struggles that bind us.

From the publisher

The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere. “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” –O, the Oprah Magazine “Explosive . . . Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” –Entertainment Weekly”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. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, 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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