TY - BOOK AU - Ng,Celeste TI - Little fires everywhere: a novel SN - 9780735224292 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Single mothers KW - Fiction KW - Motherhood KW - Female friendship KW - Adoption KW - Family secrets KW - Interracial adoption KW - Custody of children KW - Family life KW - FICTION KW - Asian American KW - bisacsh KW - Family Life KW - Literary KW - Shaker Heights (Ohio) KW - Domestic fiction KW - Psychological fiction KW - fast KW - lcgft N2 - "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 ER -