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Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
ISBN: 9780349144337
(PB-B - E)
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Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. 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 teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends 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 an unexpected and devastating cost . . .
Tie-in edition to be released ahead of the premiere of the television adaptation of LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, who are also executive producers.
Praise for Little Fires Everywhere
'I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting' Jodi Picoult
'Just read it . . . Outstanding' Matt Haig
'The book of the moment' - Sunday Times
'Witty, wise and tender. It's a marvel' - Paula Hawkins
'Beautifully written, wry rather than supercilious, with plenty of little cliffhangers' - The Times
'This compelling novel is a pleasure to read' - Guardian
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