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Lydia is dead. But they dona??t know this yet . . . So begins the??story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese??American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio.??Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee;??their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her??mothera??s bright blue eyes and her fathera??s jet-black??hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will??fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursuea??in??Marilyna??s case that her daughter become a doctor??rather than a homemaker, in Jamesa??s case that Lydia??be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and??the center of every party.
When Lydiaa??s body is found in the local lake, the??delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee??family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to??confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly??pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets??out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage.??Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to??find a responsible party, no matter what the cost.??Lydiaa??s older brother, Nathan, is certain that the??neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved.??But ita??s the youngest of the familya??Hannaha??who??observes far more than anyone realizes and who??may be the only one who knows the truth about??what happened.
A profoundly moving story of family, history,??and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You??is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family??portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures??and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the??ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and??sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives,??to understand one another.
