“Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng

A nomadic mother and daughter, Mia & Pearl, pull into the picture perfect town of Shaker Heights with the intention of finally putting down some roots. It is there where they meet the Richardson family. Elena Richardson, the matriarch of the family, is a perfectionistic journalist whose need to dig for the real story behind the new tenants in her rental house causes her own life to go up in flames. The book has a running theme that makes the reader consider, “What makes someone a mother? Is it biology or was it love?” Does simply being related by blood give you the right to raise a child? “Little Fires Everywhere” is another title off Reese Witherspoon’s book club list and she is also in the process of producing the book for a TV mini-series, can’t wait for that! I would definitely recommend adding this title to your summer reading list.

Pick up a copy of “Little Fires Everywhere” here.