Little Fires Everywhere is the second novel from Asian American author Celeste Ng, following her bestselling debut Everything I Never Told You, and centres on the hidden undercurrents of US suburban life.
Free-spirited artist Mia and her teenage daughter Pearl, arrive in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio.
The focus is on the impact they have on their regimented surroundings as they become entangled with an eminent local family and then caught up in a scandal involving a Chinese-American baby abandoned at a fire station.
This deft and engrossing novel based in Ng’s home town, explores motherhood, roots and identity and cleverly lays bare the strengths and restrictions of community and family.
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
