Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng FIC Ng

James Lee was a professor who fell in love with Marilyn who was working as his assistant while she was pursuing her dream to become a doctor.  That dream fell apart when she became pregnant with her first son. They decided to get married.  Marilyn wasn't very close to her mother but she did invite her to come for the wedding.  Her mother was impressed that her daughter was marrying a professor - until she arrived and found out that he was Chinese.   In the 60's this still raised a lot of eyebrows.  They eventually have a daughter and another son.

When the novel begins we learn that their daughter Lydia is dead. She was 16, an honor student and with some 'help' from her mother is headed toward college and then medical school.  When Lydia went missing the police talk to the family members and want the names of her friends.  The police are shocked to find that she really didn't have any friends - and her family was unaware of that.

Her body is found in a lake.  Now they need to figure out if it was a suicide or a murder.  Lots of family secrets will have to be uncovered to find out the truth.

      This is a debut novel!   Can't wait for more.

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