Summary: Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere by Sarah Fields

In Shaker Heights, Cleveland, everything is planned in the lives of its residents. Nobody embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson. Her guiding principle will always be playing by the rules. Mia Warren is a single mother an enigmatic artist. She arrives in Shaker Heights’ idyllic bubble with Pearl, her teenaged daughter. The two rented a house from the Richardsons. Eventually, Mia and Pearl were becoming more than tenants to the Richardsons as all four children get drawn to the mother-daughter pair. However, Mia came from a mysterious past and she has a disregard for the status quo as she threatened to upend this idyllic and carefully ordered community. Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere explores the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood, the weight of long-held secrets, and the danger of holding on to the belief that following the rules can keep you safe.

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