Faced with the possibility of never having true closure, each family member reflects on the landmark moments in their lives, moments which also had lasting effects on Lydia. “Mixed children have a hard time fitting in,” reads a local newspaper headline as police drift closer and closer to ruling the death a suicide. As one of the school’s only “Oriental” students (the other being her brother, Nathan), she was largely ignored and ridiculed. 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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