Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng · first published 2014
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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 pa
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I read two pop books this year that were way better than I expected. Circe by Madeline Miller. This is a fantastic genre defining classic. This book gave me BIG emotion. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Obviously, everyone should read this, it's great. I would insist that white Americans born between 1980-2000 especially consider it. It's a quick read and the insights are profound. It's…
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books/courses of 2022? Why?” ↗…codes (though also historical). Song of Achilles in particular is beautifully written and a personal favorite of mine, at least among books published in recent years. Then there are other works like Little Fires Everywhere and The Midnight Library that I might not consider super literary but nonetheless are also often considered so by book shops or libraries (e.g., https://lightsailed.com/catalog/book/the-midnight-library-a-...…
on “The cultural decline of literary fiction” ↗