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. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.
伍绮诗（Celeste Ng）
征服欧美文坛的华裔作家。在美国宾夕法尼亚州和俄亥俄州长大，父母均为科学家的她，是香港移民第二代。她毕业于哈佛大学英文系，后考取了密歇根大学的研究生院，获得创意写作硕士学位。在出版《无声告白》前，她已写作多年，小说及散文作品多见于各类文学期刊杂志。
《无声告白》是伍绮诗耗时六年写就的首部长篇小说，故事编排精妙细致，文笔沉稳内敛，一经出版便广受好评，成为2014年度极具实力且众望所归的黑马，不仅跃升为《纽约时报》畅销书，还获得包括美国图书电商网站在内的无数媒体评选出的2014年度图书桂冠。
《小小小小的火》是伍绮诗2017年的重磅新作，一经出版，便获得2017美国图书电商年度小说殊荣，随后一口气拿下27项年度图书大奖。《纽约时报》书评称赞此书道：“极端、剧烈、炽热，令人心碎不已，比《无声告白》更胜一筹。”
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