Our Novel Escape discussion

Read and discuss Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng here!!!

Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . . So begins this debut novel about a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio and the tragedy that will either be their undoing or their salvation. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue—in Marilyn’s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James’s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party.

When Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart.

I am on a hold list at the library. I hope to get it this month.

Just finished reading this one last week. I can't wait for the discussion!

I just finished this amazing book. Can't wait to hear what you all think about it.

I'm so happy you all have enjoyed it!! :D

I finished this and forgot to post my thoughts. I really liked the narration of the story. It's an interesting look at assimilation. I found the lack of communication a little astounding, but I suppose there are plenty of families that keep such emotions locked in.

It's also sad that the parents put so much attention into the middle child and relegated the other two to the sidelines. That's an interesting plot choice.

I loved the setting and I loved the inner dialogue of the characters.