Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The debut novel of Celeste Ng’s “Everything I Never Told You” is a thriller that starts with some mysterious incidents: a girl gone missing, a local bad boy who knows something but won’t say anything.
This is a story of a Chinese American family living in Ohio in 1970s. Lydia is a favorite child of Marilyn & James Lee (their middle daughter). Lydia inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes & her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents want her daughter to do what they have not been able to do. Marilyn wants her daughter to be a doctor while James wants Lydia to have a good social life, popular at school & the center of attraction in every party.
In rather unfortunate turn of events, Lydia’s body is found in a lake. The family is tore apart and everything turns to chaos. James is consumed by guilt and goes on a path that can destroy his marriage. Marilyn, who is devastated wants to take revenge and wants to find who is responsible at any cost. Nathan, Lydia’s older brother believes that their neighbor bad boy Jack is involved in this. But it is Hannah, Lydia’s younger sister who may hold the key to the truth behind the mystery.
Everything I Never Told You is a gripping story that you will not be able to take out of your mind.
Estelle Bo