Readers know already Lydia’s body is at the bottom of a local lake. Her family wakes up as though it is any other day, calling the police when they realize their daughter is missing. When Lydia Lee, the child of Chinese-American interracial marriage, goes missing, there are no signs of forced entry. Because, while this is a book about Lydia, it’s more about the people she’s left behind. In actuality, Lydia’s death is a fact to be gotten out of the way for better things. But they don’t know this yet.”Īuthor Celeste Ng starts Everything I Never Told You at what seems to be the end. The result is an insightful look into an Asian-American family in the aftermath of an extreme loss. Short Review: Ng provides new depth to the hackneyed “murder in a small town” plot line. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
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