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About Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.
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From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes one of the most highly anticipated books of the year – the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.
“It’s impossible not to be moved.”
—Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review
“Riveting, tender, and timely.”
—People, Book of the Week
“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching…I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!”
—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club October ’22 Pick)
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture” in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old.
Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s a story about the power—and limitations—of art to create change, the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and how any of us can survive a broken world with our hearts intact.
“Witty, wise, and tender. It's a marvel.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning
“To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Our Missing Hearts comes a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from 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.
Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who 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.
When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.
Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more...
Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.
“A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” —O, the Oprah Magazine
“Explosive . . . Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. 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 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. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner 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.
Quand le voile des apparences ne peut être déchiré, il faut parfois y mettre le feu.
À Shaker Heights, banlieue riche et tranquille de Cleveland, tout est soigneusement planifié pour le bonheur des résidents. Rien ne dépasse, rien ne déborde, à l'image de l'existence parfaitement réglée d'Elena Richardson, femme au foyer exemplaire.
Lorsque Mia Warren, une mère célibataire et bohème, vient s'installer dans cette bulle idyllique avec sa fille Pearl, les relations avec la famille Richardson sont d'abord chaleureuses. Mais peu à peu, leur présence commence à mettre en péril l'entente qui règne entre les voisins. Et la tension monte dangereusement à Shaker Heights.
AprèsTout ce qu'on ne s'est jamais dit(Sonatine Éditions, 2016), Celeste Ng confirme avec ce deuxième roman son talent exceptionnel. Rarement le feu qui couve sous la surface policée des riches banlieues américaines aura été montré avec tant d'acuité. Cette comédie de mœurs, qui n'est pas sans rappeler l'univers de Laura Kasischke, se lit comme un thriller. Avec cette galerie de portraits de femmes plus poignants les uns que les autres, c'est aussi l'occasion pour l'auteur d'un constat d'une justesse étonnante sur les rapports sociaux et familiaux aujourd'hui.
Connaissez-vous vraiment vos proches ?
Lydia Lee, seize ans, est morte. Mais sa famille l'ignore encore...
Élève modèle, ses parents ont placé en elle tous leurs espoirs. Sa mère, Marylin, femme au foyer, rêve que sa fille fasse les études de médecine qu'elle n'a pas pu accomplir. Son père, James, professeur d'université d'origine chinoise, a tant souffert de sa différence qu'il a hâte de la retrouver parfaitement intégrée sur le campus.
Mais le corps de Lydia gît au fond d'un lac.
Accident, meurtre ou suicide ? Lorsque l'adolescente est retrouvée, la famille Lee, en apparence si soudée, va devoir affronter ses secrets les mieux gardés. Des secrets si longtemps enfouis qu'au fil du temps ils ont imperceptiblement éloigné ses membres, creusant des failles qui ne pourront sans doute jamais être comblées.
Bien sûr, Tout ce qu'on ne s'est jamais ditdistille un suspense d'une rare efficacité. Mais ce livre qu'on garde en soi très longtemps est bien plus que cela. Celeste Ng aborde la violence de la dynamique familiale, les difficultés de communication, le malaise adolescent, avec une intensité exceptionnelle qui évoque l'univers de Laura Kasischke. En distinguant cette œuvre envoûtante comme l'un des meilleurs romans de l'année, les critiques anglo-saxons ont salué la naissance d'un écrivain majeur et fait le succès du livre, vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires.
Um encontro entre duas famílias completamente diferentes vai afetar a vida de todos.
Em Shaker Heights tudo é planejado: da localização das escolas à cor usada na pintura das casas. E ninguém se identifica mais com esse espírito organizado do que Elena Richardson.
Mia Warren, uma artista solteira e enigmática, chega nessa bolha idílica com a filha adolescente e aluga uma casa que pertence aos Richardson. Em pouco tempo, as duas se tornam mais do que meras inquilinas: todos os quatro filhos da família Richardson se encantam com as novas moradoras de Shaker. Porém, Mia carrega um passado misterioso e um desprezo pelo status quo que ameaça desestruturar uma comunidade tão cuidadosamente ordenada.
Eleito nos Estados Unidos um dos melhores livros de 2017 por veículos como Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian e The Washington Post, Pequenos incêndios por toda parte explora o peso dos segredos, a natureza da arte e o perigo de acreditar que simplesmente seguir as regras vai evitar todos os desastres.
“Uma experiência de leitura totalmente envolvente, muitas vezes dolorosa e capaz de causar profunda empatia.” — The New York Times Book Review
Über die Liebe in einer von Angst zerfressenen Welt
Der zwölfjährige Bird lebt mit seinem Vater in Harvard. Seit einem Jahrzehnt wird ihr Leben von Gesetzen bestimmt, die nach Jahren der wirtschaftlichen Instabilität und Gewalt die »amerikanische Kultur« bewahren sollen. Vor allem asiatisch aussehende Menschen werden diskriminiert, ihre Kinder zur Adoption freigegeben. Als Bird einen Brief von seiner Mutter erhält, macht er sich auf die Suche. Er muss verstehen, warum sie ihn verlassen hat. Seine Reise führt ihn zu den Geschichten seiner Kindheit, in Büchereien, die der Hort des Widerstands sind, und zu seiner Mutter. Die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben scheint möglich. Eine genauso spannende wie berührende Geschichte über die Liebe in einer von Angst zerfressenen Welt.
Ebenfalls von Celeste Ng bei dtv erschienen sind:
»Was ich euch nicht erzählte«
»Kleine Feuer überall«
As guest-editor Celeste Ng writes in her introduction, “Stories are more than documentation: they are a portal in time, through which the moment in which the story was written can magically be in conversation with the moment in which the story is read. . . . The stories that follow will ask you: Do you still remember when the world was like this? Did you care? Is it still like this? Do you want it to be?” The Summer 2020 issue features prose by Charles Yu, Jamel Brinkley, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Karen Shepard, and others.
تتحول حاليًا إلى مسلسل أمريكي
«ذكية، وحكيمة، وحنون. إنها أعجوبة» - «بولا هوكنز»، مؤلفة رواية «فتاة القطار»
«أن أقول إنني أحب هذا الكتاب، قولٌ يبخسه حقه. إنه لغز نفسي عميق حول قوة الأمومة، وفورة الحب في سن المراهقة، وخطورة الكمال. لقد جعلني أذرف الدموع» - «ريس وِذِرسبون»
«أنا أحب «حرائق صغيرة في كل مكان». ربما هي أفضل رواية قرأتُها هذا العام» - «جون جرين»، مؤلف رواية «ما تخبئه لنا النجوم»
«قرأتُ «حرائق صغيرة في كل مكان» في جلسة واحدة وأنا أحبس أنفاسي» - «جودي بيكو»
رواية محكمة، تتتبع المصائر المتشابكة لأفراد عائلة «ريتشاردسون» المثالية، والأم والابنة الغامضتين اللتين قلبتا حياتهم رأسًا على عقب.
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Vom Außenanstrich der Häuser bis zum Alltag ihrer Bewohner: Alles in Shaker Heights, einem beschaulichen Vorort von Cleveland, ist passgenau durchgeplant. Keiner verkörpert diesen Geist mehr als Elena Richardson mit ihrer Familie wie aus dem Bilderbuch. Sie hat ein gutes Herz, deshalb nimmt sie die alleinerziehende Künstlerin Mia Warren als Mieterin auf und behandelt deren Tochter Pearl auch sofort, als wäre sie ihr eigenes Kind. Sie überlässt nichts dem Zufall, darum gräbt sie heimlich in Mias mysteriöser Vergangenheit. Woher nur kommt diese magische Anziehung, die das Mutter-Tochter-Gespann auf alle Richardsons ausübt? Über das Gewicht von Geheimnissen und den verheerenden Glauben, das bloße Befolgen von Regeln könne Katastrophen verhindern.
Ebenfalls von Celeste Ng bei dtv erschienen sind:
»Was ich euch nicht erzählte«
»Unsre verschwundenen Herzen«
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為免發生不得體、不愉快,這裡每件能做及不能做的事情都受到規範,震顫崗的居民們相信,只要堅守「秩序」,就能創造桃花源。或許是追求完美的信念太過強烈,以致滲入了土地,讓這裡生長的人們力求超脫,對缺陷的容忍度極低,就連青少年也一樣。
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