Introduction:
Yay, an Asian writer.
Overview:
"
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.
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Book Details:
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Press; First Edition, First Printing edition (June 26, 2014)
ISBN-10: 159420571X
ISBN-13: 978-1594205712
Awards: Alex Awards
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