Little Fires Everywhere

In Shaker Heights, A Placid, Progressive Suburb Of Cleveland, Everything Is Planned -- From The Layout Of The Winding Roads, To The Colors 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 Principle Is Playing By The Rules. Enter Mia Warren -- An Enigmatic Artist And Single Mother -- Who Arrives In This Idyllic Bubble With Her Teenaged Daughter Pearl, And Rents A House From The Richardsons. Soon Mia And Pearl Become More Than 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 Status Quo That Threatens To Upend This Carefully Ordered Community. When Old Family Friends Of The Richardsons Attempt To Adopt A Chinese-american Baby, A Custody Battle Erupts That Dramatically Divides The Town -- And Puts Mia And Elena On Opposing Sides.--provided By Publisher. Celeste Ng.

Author : Celeste Ng

Publisher : Penguin Press

Published Year : 2017

Edition : 1

Format : Print - Hardcover, 352 pages

Subject : Single mothers, Single mothers--Fiction, Motherhood, Motherhood--Fiction, Female friendship, Female friendship--Fiction, Adoption, Adoption--Fiction, Family secrets, Family secrets--Fiction, Interracial adoption, Interracial adoption--Fiction, Custody of children, Custody of children--Fiction, FICTION--Asian American, FICTION--Family Life, FICTION--Literary, PS3614.G83 L58 2017, 813/.6

Language : English

Dimensions : 338 Pages ; 24 Cm.

ISBN : 0735224293

ISBN13 : 9780735224292