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From the bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere comes a suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable bond between a mother and child in a fearful society. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet life with his loving but troubled father, a former linguist now working at Harvard’s library. Their existence is dictated by laws aimed at preserving “American culture” following years of economic turmoil and violence. These laws allow authorities to relocate children of dissidents, particularly those of Asian descent, while libraries must remove books deemed unpatriotic, including the works of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left when he was nine. Bird has grown up disavowing her and her poetry, unaware of her fate. However, a mysterious letter with a cryptic drawing ignites his quest to find her. This journey reconnects him with the folktales she once shared, leads him through an underground network of librarians, and reveals the lives of taken children. Ultimately, it brings him to New York City, where an act of defiance sparks hope for change. This narrative explores how seemingly civilized communities can overlook profound injustices, the power and limitations of art in effecting change, and the enduring lessons we pass to our children amidst a broken world.

Amazon.com's #1 Book of the Year 2014 Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father is an American born of first-generation Chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous in any setting. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who observes far more than anyone realises and who may be the only one who knows what really happened. Everything I Never Told You is a gripping page-turner, about secrets, love, longing, lies and race.