Little Fires Everywhere

A difficult book to read as it was very sad in places. About lost opportunities and the pressures on people to mould to what they think is society's norms.

It's interesting that the white American woman we met is Mrs Richardson and that's who she stays. She thinks she's done everything right to conform to the ideal American dream but her family is fractured, her children damaged or selfish. Whereas the Chinese woman who rents a house from Mrs Richardson we met as Mia.

I felt a great sadness reading this story because of wasted lives because of conforming to what other view as 'the best way to live'. Definitely little fires everywhere, of emotional pain, of anger, of racism, of waste.

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Diane Warrington