![]() We see her rise to the top of her class as a doctor in the making and be forced to give it up to raise her children. We see Marilyn, Lydia’s mother struggle with making a different life from that of her mother who was a homemaker. We see James, Lydia’s father desperately attempting to fit in and be accepted as a true American. The many sacrifices they make towards that and the indignities they bear stoically. It reveals immigrant parents’ high expectations and desires for a better life for their children. The story touches on racism in this case against Asians. Without looking too hard, we easily see ourselves and our families in hers. Her death and her family’s grieving process lead us down a path that reveals the inner workings of her family and their many relationships. Her lifeless body is found in the local lake. Lydia is the favourite child of Chinese-American James Lee and blond blue-eyed Marilyn Lee. But they don’t know it yet” and holds your attention in a tight grip to the very end. It is a veritable page-turner that opens with the words: “Lydia is dead. (Excerpt from Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng)Įverything I Never Told You is an exquisite young adult novel at par with the best in the genre which is a remarkable feat considering it is Celeste Ng’s (pronounced ing) first novel. ![]() Because of Lydia’s mother and father, because of her mother’s and father’s mothers and fathers. ![]() Quote: How had it begun? Like everything: with mothers and fathers. ![]()
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