Ng’s follow-up, Little Fires Everywhere, also begins memorably, with a large, elegant house on an affluent street in flames. “The firemen said there were little fires everywhere,” one of the children reports: “Multiple points of origin. From the 1950s, Shaker Heights began to pride itself on being an exemplar of racial diversity. Shaker Heights was much more advanced than other places but “the assumption was still that everybody is equal, we can overcome racism. • Little Fires Everywhere is published by Little, Brown.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2017 13:52 UTC