Episode Six — "Everything I Never Told You"

March 23, 2017

Episode Six — "Everything I Never Told You"
In this episode, we’ll be discussing Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng. Ng’s debut novel was published in 2014, and it follows the lives of a Chinese-American family after their teenage daughter, Lydia, goes missing. The book touches on issues of immigration, assimilation, marriage and love.

Our young readers talk about Ng’s novel as well as fear, isolation and the pressures young people face, including the expectation parents have for their children, who should do better and be better than they were.

The Real WORD Podcast is produced by Reading Opens Minds and edited by Saul Black.

Special thanks for this episode goes to Stacy Reader, Lesley Peters and Mercedes Vasquez for facilitating the book club and to Ernesto Orellano for recording this meeting.

Next week we’ll be talking about Pleasantville by Attica Locke. Until then, happy reading!

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