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Little Fires Everywhere
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Little Fires Everywhere
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Publisher's Summary
The New York Times Top 10 Best Seller
The brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times best seller 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....
2019, International Dublin Literary Award, Long-listed
Critic Reviews
"I am loving Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe my favourite novel I've read this year." (John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars)
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- Anonymous User
- 08-05-2018
What a wonderful book
A great book beautifully narrated by Jennifer Lim.
Highly recommend ‘Little Fires Everywhere’, looking forward to reading another book by Celeste Ng
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-2020
Characters feel so familiar
Finished listening yesterday, now grieving it’s complete. I fell in love with each character, their makeup, foibles and dreams. But it’s how beautifully the storyline weaves them together, as they fall in love or out of love. Quite brutal at times, very honest and raw. I am turning these characters over, with deep empathy will continue to fascinate over their lives. Bravo Celeste Ng!
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- Amy
- 24-07-2020
Enjoyable progressively complex book
Little fires everywhere starts slowly and takes its time to build into a more complex narrative. However with patience it does delve in to a range of societal issues and taboos across race, gender, class, and family. Enjoyable book with a mix of themes but not overly heavy.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-07-2020
Great read lots of twists and turns
Great story lots of twists and turns looking forward to seeing how the mini series matches it
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- Sessi Riebi
- 27-12-2020
Nope
Nicely written but saccharin and predictable. Came away without any relationship with, or feelings for, the characters, who were too cliched to be relatable.
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- Sarah k
- 12-04-2020
loved it!!
fantastic story.. super compelling and really enjoyed it! Looking forward to a hopeful sequel! Thanks
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-2020
Not all is as it seems
loved this! modern storytelling at its best 👌
peeling back the layers on the "ideal family" life in the 'burbs
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- Rowena Bennett
- 23-11-2020
Lovely, poignant.
Beautifully written and read. As a mother, thought provoking. Gentle and strong at the same time.
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- Dee
- 11-05-2018
Great but the ending left too much undone
Good story but the ending was disappointing and left way too much undone. I hope there is a sequel. Will the people in NY think the teenager about to land on their doorstep is their daughter? There’s no karma for Elena’s hypocrisy. Lexi has had a traumatic event and it fades into nothing. The surrogacy legalities weren’t explored in enough depth compared to the adoption story. I felt sorry for Moody, his good nature taken for granted and him being a bit invisible.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-2018
A great listen!
Really loved this book and writing style. Such an easy listen, that I wasn't ready to let go of the characters when it finished.
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