{"id":5734,"date":"2021-05-10T15:12:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2021-06-01T14:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:48:02","slug":"pick-of-the-week-little-fires-everywhere-by-celeste-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/2021\/05\/10\/pick-of-the-week-little-fires-everywhere-by-celeste-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick of the Week: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/files\/2021\/05\/91twTG-CQ8L.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5735 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/files\/2021\/05\/91twTG-CQ8L-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Little Fires Everywhere<\/em> by Celeste Ng<\/h3>\n<p>From the bestselling author of\u00a0<em>Everything I Never Told You<\/em>,\u00a0a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.<\/p>\n<p>In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned\u2014from 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.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Mia Warren\u2014an enigmatic artist and single mother\u2014who 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 pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.<\/p>\n<p>When old family friends of the Richardsons\u00a0attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town\u2014and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides.\u00a0 Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia\u2019s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.<\/p>\n<p><i>Little Fires Everywhere<\/i> explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood\u2014and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. (From publisher.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fcpds.library.umass.edu\/Shibboleth.sso\/Login?target=https:\/\/fcpds.library.umass.edu\/pds?func=load-login%26institute=FC%26calling_system=aleph%26url=https%3A%2F%2Ffcaw.library.umass.edu%2FF%2FS5JLRMT7DECHET5M6Q7U4ES1L2UPA3IHIT3DDD1XCFJGKKRI5N-06423%3Ffunc%3Dtitle-request-form%26amp%3Bbib%255Fdoc%255Fnumber%3D017612611&amp;entityID=https:\/\/idp.hampshire.edu\/idp\/shibboleth\">Request this book here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng From the bestselling author of\u00a0Everything I Never Told You,\u00a0a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. 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