"Everything I Never Told You" by Celeste Ng
Wow, this is the best book I've read in a while! She breaks your heart but leaves you with optimism without selling out. Quite a feat. So many ironies. Well, dealing with racism and family dynamics provides many opportunities.
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Awards[edit]
The novel won the Amazon Book of the Year Award in 2014, beating out works by Stephen King and Hilary Mantel.[5] It also received the 2015 Massachusetts Book Award,[6] the American Library Association's 2015 Alex Award,[7] the Asian/Pacific Librarians Association Award for Literature (Adult Fiction),[8] and the Medici Book Club Prize,[9] and was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Awards,[10] The John Creasy/New Blood Dagger Award.[11] and the VCU/Cabell First Novelist Award.[12]
Film Adaptation[edit]
The book's rights was optioned by LD Entertainment. Oscar-nominated producer Michael DeLuca is attached to produce with Julie Cox attached to adapt the screenplay.[13]
