Everything I Never Told you

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Call Number: Adult BOCD / Fiction / General / Ng, Celeste,
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

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Compact discs.
Unabridged.
"Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container.
Read by Cassandra Campbell.
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 pursue--in 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 family-Hannah-who 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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Engaging Combo submitted by cldaniels on June 19, 2020, 4:00pm This book is an engaging story of a mixed race family, and how the race difference subtly influences each parent and child and their relationships with each other. It combines the mystery of the death of the teenage daughter with the family dramas going on before and after the death.

Helps you gain perspective on "Asian" hate roots from the 70's submitted by LVDS on June 29, 2021, 3:11pm Tragedy changes family dynamics. Interesting story of expectations and misunderstandings and ways we each cope differently.

Celeste Ng is very good submitted by ctconley on August 5, 2022, 5:42pm A good audiobook that has stuck with me for years!

Life-changing book - a must-read submitted by jojoanna on July 16, 2023, 11:23pm Read her other book "Little Fires Everywhere" and really liked it, but this book truly blew my mind more. Everyone who has ever experienced any family complications should read this -- it beautifully details the intricacies that go into relationships and family structures in a haunting but accurate way, and I was swept away. In such a concise book, it takes your heart on a whirlwind and will tear your heart to shreds with compassion and sadness. One of my top books.

Really loved this book submitted by kelseylutz01 on July 18, 2023, 7:33pm Excellent.