Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is about motherhood and secrets. I found this story to be thought provoking and heartbreaking. It contrasts the lives of a rich upper class family of six, the Richardsons, with a single mother, Mia, who is an artist and struggles to provide for her and her teenage daughter. Then another story line is about a Chinese birth mother who gave up her baby and now wants her back from the nice, well-to-do couple who has started the adoption process. There is lots of emotion wrapped up in this book. I think this would be an excellent book for a book club to discuss. I enjoyed reading this but was a bit disappointed with the ending that was kind of left up in the air. I think women would definitely enjoy this one more than men.
(Karen's review, 4 stars)
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