![]() A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. ![]() When Marilyn goes to pack up her mother’s house after Doris’ death, she finds no trace of her mother among any. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. Betty Crocker is, according to Marilyn, Doris’ personal goddess, and Doris treasures the red cookbook instructing housewives on how to create a happy home filled with elaborate meals and treats. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. ![]() “Wonderfully moving…A beautifully crafted study of dysfunction and grief." - The Boston Globe ![]() “A deep, heartfelt portrait of a family." - Alexander Chee, The New York Times Book Review A haunting debut novel about a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio, and what happens when their favorite daughter is found drowned at the bottom of a. The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere. ![]()
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