From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives

"I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope..." –Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author of Small Great Things and Leaving Time

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother – who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.


《無聲告白》伍綺詩最新力作
一場無可避免的大火，引燃了深埋的秘密及兇猛的母愛

在俄亥俄州謝克海茨一個平靜、發展良好的小鎮，這個社區宣稱會「避免住戶遭遇不受歡迎的改變」並「提供相對幸福的生活」。在這裡，一切都經過設計──從道路的規劃、房屋的顏色，到居民們即將邁向的成功人生。而在這其中，最熱情擁抱這個精神的莫過於Elena Richardson了。

一年夏天，謎樣的藝術家Mia Warren和她十五歲的女兒Pearl搬進了謝克海茨的租屋處。Warren母女和富裕的房東Richardson一家擁有完全不同的生活態度，她們自由、率性而為，認為創造藝術比收集美國生活的各種成功象徵──譬如房子、車子和閃閃發亮的電器──更重要，很快地，Mia和Pearl變得不僅僅是租客而已，Richardson家的四個小孩都深受這對母女吸引。

當一場監護權大戰因Richardson家的好友試圖領養一個小孩而爆發，戲劇化地分裂了這個小鎮──並將Mia和Elena置於對立的兩邊。Elena懷疑Mia的動機，於是決心挖掘出她的過去，但她的這份固執，將使她付出無法預料、毀滅性的代價。

伍綺詩在這部小說中透過一個完美而詭異的小鎮，深刻地探討了消費主義、家庭，以及母愛的各種面向，包含領養、代理孕母、墮胎等複雜議題，並探問了在這其中，是誰得到、失去了被稱之為母親的權利。繼廣受好評的《無聲告白》之後，伍綺詩再度發揮令人驚豔的才華，以細膩的筆法和不同角度，帶領讀者窺見故事的全貌，讓這部小說發出熾熱、耀眼的光芒。