{"id":22994,"date":"2014-05-01T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=22994"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:54:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:54:17","slug":"everything-i-never-told-you-by-celeste-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/everything-i-never-told-you-by-celeste-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/Everything-I-Never-Told-You.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25998\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/Everything-I-Never-Told-You-529x800.jpg\" alt=\"Everything I Never Told You\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/Everything-I-Never-Told-You-529x800.jpg 529w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/Everything-I-Never-Told-You.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celesteng.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Celeste Ng<\/a>\u2019s debut is one of those aching stories about which the reader knows so much more than any of the characters, even as each yearns for the unknowable truth. \u201cLydia is dead,\u201d the novel opens&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;blunt, unnerving, devastating.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s only 16, the middle of three children of James and Marilyn Lee, a mixed-race couple married years before the ironically named <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loving_v._Virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Loving v. Virginia<\/em><\/a> finally invalidated U.S. anti-miscegenation laws in 1967. They\u2019re initially drawn together by their differences: James, the American-born son of Chinese immigrants, finishing his Harvard PhD; Marilyn, the only Radcliffe undergraduate determined to become a doctor, a gifted scientist among unbelieving men. When they bury their daughter in 1977, the Lee family \u2013&nbsp;already fragile before the tragedy \u2013&nbsp;implodes. James detaches, Marilyn seeks refuge, brother Nath blames, and youngest Hannah silently watches all. Each will search for a Lydia who doesn\u2019t exist, desperate to parse what happened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: Ng constructs a mesmerizing narrative that shrinks enormous issues of race, prejudice, identity, and gender into the miniaturist dynamics of a single family. A breathtaking triumph, reminiscent of prophetic debuts by <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tag\/ha-jin\/\">Ha Jin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tag\/chang-rae-lee\/\">Chang-rae Lee<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tag\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/\">Chimamanda Adichie<\/a>, whose first titles matured into spectacular, continuing literary legacies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2014-05-01-8168303.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, May 1, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Celeste Ng\u2019s debut is one of those aching stories about which the reader knows so much more than any of the characters, even as each yearns for the unknowable truth. \u201cLydia is dead,\u201d the novel opens&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;blunt, unnerving, devastating. 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