Celeste Ng

PREMIO GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2017«Una espectacular segunda obra. Una historia épica, compleja, perfecta para lectores entusiastas y destinada a recibir muchos premios.» Library Journal«La impresion

En Shaker Heights, una tranquila y próspera zona residencial de Cleveland, todo está planeado, desde el trazado de las carreteras, hasta el color de las casas, incluso el exito de la vida futura de sus vecinos. Nadie encarna mejor este espiritu que Elena Richardson, cuya vida se rige por un principio fundamental: jugar siempre dentro de las reglas sociales. Cuando Mia Warren –una artista enigmatica con un pasado misterioso– llega a esta idilica burbuja con Pearl, su hija adolescente, empieza la historia que las colocara a ambas en dos extremos dramaticamente opuestos.

Der zweite unvergessliche Roman der internationalen BestsellerautorinEs brennt! In jedem der Schlafzimmer hat jemand Feuer gelegt. Fassungslos steht Elena Richardson im Bademantel und den Tennisschuhen ihres Sohnes draußen auf dem Rasen und starrt in die Flammen. Ihr ganzes Leben lang hatte sie die Erfahrung gemacht, »dass Leidenschaft so gefährlich ist wie Feuer«. Deshalb passte sie so gut nach Shaker Heights, den wohlhabenden Vorort von Cleveland, Ohio, in dem der Außenanstrich der Häuser ebenso geregelt ist wie das Alltagsleben seiner Bewohner. Ihr Mann ist Partner einer Anwaltskanzlei, sie selbst schreibt Kolumnen für die Lokalzeitung, die vier halbwüchsigen Kinder sind bis auf das jüngste, Isabel, wohlgeraten. Doch es brennt. Elenas scheinbar unanfechtbares Idyll - alles Asche und Rauch?

Spannung und Unterhaltung auf hohem literarischen Niveau»Lydia ist tot.« Der erste Satz, ein Schlag, eine Katastrophe. Am Morgen des 3. Mai 1977 erscheint sie nicht zum Frühstück. Am folgenden Tag findet die Polizei Lydias Leiche. Mord oder Selbstmord? Die Lieblingstochter von James und Marilyn Lee war ein ruhiges, strebsames und intelligentes Mädchen. Für den älteren Bruder Nathan steht fest, dass Jack an Lydias Tod Schuld hat. Marilyn, die ehrgeizige Mutter, geht manisch auf Spurensuche. James Lee, Sohn chinesischer Einwanderer, bricht vor Trauer um die Tochter das Herz. Allein die stille Hannah ahnt etwas von den Problemen der großen Schwester. Was bedeutet es, sein Leben in die Hand zu nehmen? Welche Kraft hat all das Ungesagte, das Menschen oft in einem inneren Abgrund gefangen hält? Nur der Leser erfährt am Ende, was sich in jener Nacht wirklich ereignet hat.

'I am loving Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe my favorite novel I've read this year' John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars'To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears' Reese WitherspoonThe brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, Everything I Never Told You. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours 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 teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just 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 rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.When old family friends 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 an unexpected and devastating cost...

'I am loving Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe my favorite novel I've read this year' John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars'To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears' Reese WitherspoonThe brilliant new novel by the author of the New York Times bestseller, Everything I Never Told You. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours 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 principal is playing by the rules.Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the alluring mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.When the Richardsons' friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town and puts Mia and Mrs. Richardson on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Mrs. Richardson becomes determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs to her own family - and Mia's. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of long-held secrets and the ferocious pull of motherhood-and the danger of believing that planning and following the rules can avert disaster, or heartbreak.

THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple tyrannies....It's impossible not to be moved by Margaret Miu's courage, or to applaud her craftiness...And Bird is a brave and believable character, who gives us a relatable portal into a world that seems more like our own every day' Stephen King, New York Times'As lyrical as it is chilling, as astonishing as it is empathic, Our Missing Hearts arguably achieves literary perfection' Booklist (starred review)From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.

Tras los éxitos de Todo lo que no te conté y Pequeños fuegos por todas partes, Celeste Ng se adentra en un escenario distópico en su esperada tercera novela, Corazones perdidos, una historia conmovedora y llena de suspense de inquebrantable amor maternofilial en una sociedad consumida por el miedo. Bird Gardner es un niño de doce años que lleva una vida aparentemente tranquila con un padre cariñoso pero atormentado, que trabaja como bibliotecario en la Universidad de Harvard. A lo largo de una decada y tras años de inestabilidad economica y violencia callejera, el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha aprobado leyes para preservar la cultura americana. Con la excusa de mantener la paz y recuperar la prosperidad, las autoridades pueden separar a los hijos de los disidentes y ademas se han prohibido los libros considerados antipatrioticos, entre ellos la obra de la madre de Bird, Margaret Miu, una poeta estadounidense de origen chino que abandono a su familia cuando este tenia nueve años. Pero, cuando el muchacho recibe una carta misteriosa que contiene solo un dibujo criptico, toma la decision de encontrarla. Esta es una novela sobre lazos familiares y tambien sobre como una sociedad supuestamente civilizada puede cometer las mayores injusticias. Es una historia sobre el poder y las limitaciones del arte para promover el cambio, sobre las enseñanzas que transmitimos a nuestros hijos y sobre la posibilidad de sobrevivir en un mundo roto con el corazon intacto.

«Lydia está muerta. Pero esto aún no lo saben.» Así empieza este impresionante thriller, un inaudito ejercicio literario sobre lo que hay detrás de un crimen. Son los años setenta en una tranquila ci

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Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours 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 teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just 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 rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.When old family friends 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 an unexpected and devastating cost...

Bird Gardner es un niño de doce años que lleva una vida aparentemente tranquila con un padre cariñoso pero atormentado, que trabaja como bibliotecario en la Universidad de Harvard. Durante una decada y tras años de inestabilidad economica y violencia callejera, el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha aprobado leyes para preservar la "cultura americana". Con la excusa de mantener la paz y recuperar la prosperidad, las autoridades pueden separar a los hijos de los disidentes y ademas se han prohibido los libros considerados antipatrioticos, entre ellos la obra de la madre de Bird, Margaret Miu, una poeta estadounidense de origen chino que abandono a su familia cuando este tenia nueve años. Pero, cuando el muchacho recibe una carta misteriosa que contiene solo un dibujo criptico, toma la decision de encontrarla.

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.

The gripping and extraordinarily moving new novel from the internationally bestselling Celeste Ng.

«Lo que emerge de esta novela es un profundo y emocionante retrato de una familia que lucha por el lugar que ocupa en su historia () Y sobre el peso que supone ser el primero de tu tipo. Un peso al que no siempre se consigue sobrevivir.» The New York TimesLydia está muerta. Pero esto aún no lo saben. Así empieza este impresionante thriller literario. Todo sucede en los 70 en una pequeña y tranquila ciudad de Ohío donde todo el mundo se conoce. Y los primeros pasos: Una joven desaparecida, un lago cercano a su casa, un chico con mala fama que fue el último que estuvo con ella. En este territorio familiar Celeste Ng desarrolla de una historia que, como dice el New York Times, es muy diferente de las que habíamos visto hasta ahora en la literatura norteamericana. Todo lo que no te conté trata los Lees, las relaciones entre el matrimonio, sus problemas para integrarse y las ilusiones que ambos concentran en Lydia que ha heredado los ojos azules de su madre y los rasgos chinos de su padre. Y de lo caro que se paga ser la hija preferida.Todo lo que no te conté ha sido Bestseller y Notable Book del New York Times en 2014, El mejor libro de Amazon en 2014, el mejor libro de ficción del Entertainment Weekly, Booklist, Editors' Choice en 2014, Mejor Libro de Time Out en 2014, mejor libro de la National Public Radio en 2014., Oprah.com, 15 Must-read Books de 2014