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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143127551

ISBN-139780143127550

eBay Product ID (ePID)208711662

Product Key Features

Book TitleEverything I Never Told You : a Novel

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Family Life, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General, Literary, Asian American, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical

Publication Year2015

GenreFiction

AuthorCeleste Ng

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-295915

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813.6

Synopsis"A deep, heartfelt portrait of a family." -- Alexander Chee, The New York Times Book Review "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. "Wonderfully moving...A beautifully crafted study of dysfunction and grief." -- The Boston Globe, A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Winner of the Alex Award and the Massachusetts Book Award * Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR , San Francisco Chronicle , Entertainment Weekly , The Huffington Post , BuzzFeed , Grantland Booklist , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Shelf Awareness , Book Riot , School Library Journal , Bustle , and Time Our New York 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., A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - Winner of the Alex Award and the Massachusetts Book Award - Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR , San Francisco Chronicle , Entertainment Weekly , The Huffington Post , BuzzFeed , Grantland Booklist , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Shelf Awareness , Book Riot , School Library Journal , Bustle , and Time Our New York 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.

LC Classification NumberPS3614.G83E94 2015