The backstory to this shocking revelation is that of a mixed-race Chinese-American family in 1970s Ohio, where Lydia was the beloved middle child.Īs the reader will learn what happened to Lydia, the book is not truly a mystery, but rather, it’s a sweeping characterization of the remaining members of her family, coping with her death, and revealing their own pasts and secrets, in an effort to understand how they got there and how they can move forward.
Because of Lydia’s mother and father, because of her mother’s and father’s mothers and fathers.”Įverything I Never Told You begins by telling the reader that sixteen-year-old Lydia is dead. “How had it begun? Like everything: with mothers and fathers.
Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the ALA’s Alex Award.Little Fires Everywhere (2017) (my top pick most popular overall).
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