Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
First Published: September 12, 2017
Length: 338 pages
ISBN: 0735224293
ASIN: B01N4VW75U
When a single mother artist, Mia Warren, and her teenage daughter move to the well-to-do white suburbs, the Richardson’s perfectly predictable and privileged world is thrown off kilter. The Warren’s seem to live by a different set of rules and values – ones that challenge the morals of the Richardson family and their play-by-the-rules community.
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Publisher’s Description:
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors 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 teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than 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 status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends of the Richardsons 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 unexpected and devastating costs.
Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
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