Celeste Ng Knihy

V Shaker Heights, pokojnom príjemnom predmestí Clevelandu, je všetko plánované – od kľukatých ciest cez farby domov až po úspešný život obyvateľov. Nikto nestelesňuje tohto ducha lepšie ako Elena Richardsonová, ktorá sa dôsledne riadi zásadou hrať podľa pravidiel. Vtedy sa na scéne zjaví Mia Warrenová, tajomná umelkyňa a slobodná matka, ktorá prenikne do tejto idylickej bubliny s dcérou tínedžerkou Pearl a prenajme si dom od Richardsonovcov. Zakrátko sa Mia a Pearl stanú čímsi viac ako podnájomníčkami. Všetky štyri deti Richardsonovcov priťahuje dvojica matky a dcéry, taká odlišná od tamojších ľudí. Ale Mia nesie so sebou tajomnú minulosť a neberie ohľad na pravidlá, takže hrozí, že obráti naruby túto starostlivo usporiadanú komunitu. Keď sa starí rodinní priatelia Richardsonovcov pokúsia adoptovať čínsko-americké dieťa, vypukne boj o zverenie do starostlivosti a dramaticky rozdelí mesto. Mia a Elena odrazu stoja proti sebe. Elena podozrieva Miu i jej motívy a je rozhodnutá odhaliť tajomstvá Miinej minulosti. Jej posadnutosť však má zdrvujúce následky. Román Stačí škrtnúť zápalkou skúma váhu tajomstiev, povahu umenia a identity, silu materstva – a nebezpečenstvo viery, že pohromu možno odvrátiť, ak sa človek drží pravidiel.

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Winner of the Alex Award and the Massachusetts Book Award • Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Grantland Booklist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, School Library Journal, Bustle, and Time Our New York The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” —O, the Oprah Magazine “Explosive . . . Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” —Entertainment Weekly “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

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

From the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes the next installment in a raw, real romance series following the lives of the Lindon U football players and the complicated girls who change their lives forever. When Skylar Allen decided to move across the country for college, she thought it'd be the perfect chance to reinvent herself. But then one party changed the course of her entire freshman year. Just when she thinks she's about to drown in the foggy memories of her night spent partying at the football house, Daniel Bridges walks into her life. Lindon University's wide receiver. A total flirt. And a total threat. Because he can help her take away the memories she does remember from that night. What Skylar doesn't anticipate is the friendship she forms with the witty football player as months go on. And how easy it is to fall for him as he teaches her how to trust again...and so much more.

"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."--Provided by Publisher

From the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes the first in a raw, real romance series following the lives of the Lindon U football players and the complicated girls who change their lives forever. When Ivy asked her best friend to run away with her at sixteen, she knew he'd say no. He had football, an amazing family, and a happy home to go back to every day. So the night Ivy snuck out of his bedroom window after hugging him goodbye, she accepted she'd probably never see him again. Then they both wound up at Lindon University four years later. Ivy is barely picking up the pieces of her life when the boy whose initials she used to doodle hearts around approaches her at work. Aiden Griffith. Lindon U's star tight end. Still as attractive. Still as dedicated. With rumors of him being drafted to the NFL coming to fruition, Ivy knows it's only a matter of time before they have to say goodbye again. But he can't seem to let her go, no matter what she says, and she doesn't think she wants him to.

It happened in stages.My father left.My twin sister died of an incurable autoimmune disease.My mother started breaking down.Then I was diagnosed with the very thing that took my other half from me.That was when I realized Mama's eyes turned gold when she cried.So I moved in with my father and his new family--new wife, new son, new stepbrother.Kaiden Monroe made me feel normal.Hated. Cared for. Loathed. And ... loved.Somewhere along the way, I'd found solace in the boy with brooding eyes.But everything happens in stages.And nothing good ever lasts.

After Raine Copelin turns down her long-time boyfriend Caleb Anders’s marriage proposal, the two are barely speaking, barely coping as they enter graduate school at Lindon University. Caleb doesn’t understand what happened—their relationship has been picture-perfect since high school. He always imagined starting a family together, the same happily ever after his parents had. Until the day she broke his heart, he thought Raine wanted that, too.But Raine has her reasons. Her secrets. She knows she can’t give Caleb the future he wants, so she decides to let him go, no matter the price she has to pay. But when fresh tragedy sends Caleb spiraling back into Raine’s arms, the unanswered questions between them bring old feelings and new wounds to the surface. Fighting grief, lies, and fear, the two must figure out if their love ever truly ended, or if their uncertain futures might still include each other.

Serial na podstawie książki można oglądać na platformie Prime Video. To bezkonkurencyjny bestseller New York Timesa, uznawany za najlepszą książkę roku przez wiele prestiżowych publikacji. W 2019 roku powstał serial z Reese Witherspoon i Kerry Washington. Książka oferuje głęboki psychologiczny wgląd w potęgę macierzyństwa, siłę nastoletniej miłości oraz pułapki związane z dążeniem do perfekcji. Akcja rozgrywa się w Shaker Heights, spokojnym miasteczku na obrzeżach Cleveland, gdzie wszystko jest starannie zaplanowane. Elena Richardson, reprezentująca ducha tego miejsca, stara się przestrzegać zasad. Wkrótce w jej życiu pojawia się Mia Warren, enigmatyczna artystka i samotna matka, która wynajmuje od Richardsonów dom. Mia i jej nastoletnia córka Pearl stają się bliskie dzieciom Richardsonów, ale Mia skrywa tajemnice, które mogą zburzyć spokój społeczności. Konflikt wybucha, gdy przyjaciele Richardsonów chcą zaadoptować dziecko o chińskich korzeniach, co dzieli miasteczko i stawia Mię oraz Elenę po przeciwnych stronach. Elena, nieufna wobec Mii, jest zdeterminowana odkryć jej sekrety, co prowadzi do nieoczekiwanych konsekwencji. Książka bada tajemnice, naturę sztuki i matczyną miłość, ukazując niebezpieczeństwa związane z przekonaniem, że przestrzeganie zasad może nas ochronić przed katastrofą.

„Ein eindringliches Nachsinnen über die - manchmal unbeabsichtigte - Macht der Worte.“ Stephen King Der zwölfjährige Bird lebt mit seinem Vater in Harvard. Seit einem Jahrzehnt wird ihr Leben von Gesetzen bestimmt, die nach Jahren der wirtschaftlichen Instabilität und Gewalt die »amerikanische Kultur« bewahren sollen. Vor allem asiatisch aussehende Menschen werden diskriminiert, ihre Kinder zur Adoption freigegeben. Als Bird einen Brief von seiner Mutter erhält, macht er sich auf die Suche. Er muss verstehen, warum sie ihn verlassen hat. Seine Reise führt ihn zu den Geschichten seiner Kindheit, in Büchereien, die der Hort des Widerstands sind, und zu seiner Mutter. Die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben scheint möglich. Eine genauso spannende wie berührende Geschichte über die Liebe in einer von Angst zerfressenen Welt.