Little Fires Everywhere

Paperback Published on: 05/04/2018
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Little Fires Everywhere
Touching
What a beautifully written book that will have you hooked from the very start, especially as the ending is the opening! As this book touches your heart it... READ MORE
Gemma at Elgin
Little Fires Everywhere
Magnificent
No amount of accolades can do this beautiful book justice. It was an amazing read, the writing style, the story, the way the plot came together. Celeste Ng... READ MORE
Dami
Little Fires Everywhere
One of the best contemporary stories I've read all year
Celeste Ng's second novel opens with a shocking incident in the heart of buttoned down, suburban heartland Shaker Heights. In the middle of the night, Lexi... READ MORE
Jodie at Merry Hill
Little Fires Everywhere
Tension and secrets make for a good read
Dark and powerful this novel explores families and how their secrets can tear them apart.
Sarah in Wolverhampton
Little Fires Everywhere
Nuanced portrayal of family dynamics
This deeply empathetic and observant novel made me feel for every character, regardless of their flaws. I raced through the pages, gripped by the complicat... READ MORE
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Synopsis

The brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, Everything I Never Told You.

Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.

Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town - and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780349142920
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 34 mm
  • Weight: 330g
  • Languages: English

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Little Fires Everywhere
Gripping yet beautifully wise
Little Fires Everywhere is a really fantastic book. In one sense it is a really gripping page turner - I just couldn't wait to find out what would be revea... READ MORE
Jo
Little Fires Everywhere
loved it
Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer, how Isabelle, the last daughter of the Richardson children, had finally gone round the bend an... READ MORE
Bookread2day
Little Fires Everywhere
A truly epic story set in Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights is a planned community developed in 1909 by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad owners who saw the community as an out of town retreat from... READ MORE
TripFiction
Little Fires Everywhere
A thought-provoking story.
This is a story about families, and what a “good” family should look like. It looks at the bonds of motherhood, with questions raised about what makes a mo... READ MORE
Linda Hepworth
Little Fires Everywhere
Set in Shaker Heights Ohio - Setting a spark to trouble can cause a conflagration
An interesting and complex read this one. A mix of a complex family drama with all the dynamics of a dysfunction family and more, added to small-town polit... READ MORE
TheBookTrail
Little Fires Everywhere
A Light Read.
This book was a pleasant read and my first by Celeste Ng. I think many parents will relate to some or many of the situations described in this novel. Ms Ng... READ MORE
Milton of Campsie  Annie
Little Fires Everywhere
Enthralling read that gets you thinking
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and used it during a book club session. It posed a lot of interesting political questions surrounding parenting, cla... READ MORE
Rebecca Lowe
Little Fires Everywhere
An enjoyable read, but not as outstanding as I’d hoped
Lauded by many who have read and reviewed it, I didn’t know very much about the story when I picked this up, just that it seems to be universally praised, ... READ MORE
@podsticles
Little Fires Everywhere
Mesmerising
The story centres around the suberb of Shakers Heights in America. And deals with the lives of two families. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng. ... READ MORE
David Norman
Little Fires Everywhere
This is one of those books that long after you have read the final word, and all the puzzles have been solved, it still stays with you.
Shaker Heights is a strange little town. Everyone must abide by lots of rules. The place is picture-perfect and not one thing must be out of place, from th... READ MORE
Whispering Stories
Little Fires Everywhere
Every mother and every daughter should read this book
I read this book in one go. As a woman, mother, daughter, sister and friend, I found mysefl relating on many occasions to the characters in the story. Emot... READ MORE
Maite Plimmer
Little Fires Everywhere
Fine...
...well written
Into Books
Little Fires Everywhere
Couldn’t put it down!!
Great story and wonderfully written
Charlotte Coley
Little Fires Everywhere
I was hooked
Fascinating interplay of relationships between the different characters and, with the first chapter beginning with the ending, the back story then unfolded... READ MORE
Sarah OB
Little Fires Everywhere
A brilliantly addictive family-based drama
I really did enjoy this book. The writing is addictive and easy to read, the characters are well fleshed-out and once you’ve been dropped into the story it... READ MORE
Bella at Canterbury
Little Fires Everywhere
Worth a read. gripping
Took book had me hooked from start to the end.
roohika johal
Little Fires Everywhere
Loved it
This novel is both well written and engaging. I was taken deep inside the secrets and dysfunction of two families and how they connect. Hard to put down be... READ MORE
Sue Goldsmith
Little Fires Everywhere
Very easy read but also very thought provoking
I read this book in a day. Was a very easy read and so though provoking - has stirred up a lot of debate in me particularly about abortion, adoption, herit... READ MORE
Paige Corcoran
Little Fires Everywhere
A gripping read
I absolutely loved this book, so interesting and you just want to know more. Would definitely recommend.
Lauren
Little Fires Everywhere
I loved this book
I became immersed in this book. The characters were so well drawn & believable. The story lines showed us there are no easy answers to the many dilemmas th... READ MORE
Nuala
Little Fires Everywhere
Gripping
A gripping novel that truly is a page turner. I ended up staying up til the early hours as I just couldn’t put it down. Great characters, and a wonderful s... READ MORE
Jack Marwood