Everything I Never Told You: A Novel [B0422]

2015 PB. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Winner of the Alex Award and the Massachusetts Book Award. The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts "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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "A beautifully devastating portrait of family and loss and the complications of being different."; "About 10 pages into this book i realised i'd already read it maybe 8 years ago; didn't make it any less enjoyable the second time around."; "Very sensitive family issues with compassion for everyone involved. Eye-opening to see from each family member's point of view. Very engaging, satisfying, worthwhile read."; "Gotta love a book that builds tension and engages the reader in just 9 words. Man! Sooo good. This is such a tragic story, but Ng tells it with such mastery."