Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, 2017A bit slow going in the beginning with the introduction of so many characters, but really picked up and then couldn't stop reading until I finished.
Takes place in Shaker Heights, OH where a typical mid western couple (met in college, married & moved back to the wife's home town) for the mother Elena Richardson to raise four children: Lexie, Trip, Moody & Izzy.
Diversity present in that Lexie has an African-American boyfriend & Mia Warren, a tenant of Richardson's, works in a Chinese restaurants & befriends the staff.
I appreciated the attorney Ed Lim's character, with him having grown up in the 'white' world of the midwest & representing Bebe in the custody battle against Elena's childhood friend, Linda McCollough.
Ng captures sibling rivalries, adult friendships, a mother not able to stop herself & the microcosm that is the midwest. She also captures the broken working class families of the East coast when a daughter will sacrifice anything for her art.
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