If you like to read, and like to discuss books in a relaxing and informal setting with others who like to read, then join us for coffee at our morning BookBreak Club. This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 10:30 am in the library by the fireplace. Copies of books for discussion are available for check out at the library throughout the month.
The next group meets on: April 23, 2025 at 10:30 am
Book for discussion: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.
Lydia is the favorite 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, her daughter becomes 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 center 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 realizes 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.
Read reviews and more information about this book at Goodreads.com