Celeste Ng seems like a novelist who really knows people. From the straight laced parents of teenagers, to the teenagers themselves and the outsider artist and her daughter, Ng convincingly gets inside the head of every one of them. She’s very good and Little Fires Everywhere is compelling reading- several stories for the price of one, but none too contrived. I have only one minor quibble – SPOILER ALERT- when Bebe Chow steals her young daughter and whisks her to away to China, how did she arrange to have a passport for her daughter to hand? That aside, it’s an interesting and rewarding read.
