A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping story 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. 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. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Maternal Love as Narcissistic Deprivation: On the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Everything I Never Told You. The story ends with positive references to the future and with Jack pulling Nathan from the water while Nathan keeps his eyes on Hannahs face. Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” - Entertainment Weekly In all its forms, water is a cleansing entity that changes the prevalent flaws in literary figures, typically by correcting and adjusting the flaw or eliminating that damaged figure altogether. “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” - O, the Oprah Magazine When Lydias body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Everything I Never Told You explains the duality of water, and its power to give and take life illustrated by the convoluted lives of the Lee family. The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts
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