Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller

the capability she saw there to delight in mischief, in breaking the rules.

that would be the idea just beginning to sparkle in Mia’s mind as she flicked on the headlights, a wisp of an idea, not yet coalesced into an image, let alone words.

Toughness rendered tender, even beautiful.

At the same time, a thin snake of disappointment wriggled its way through her chest.

there had also been an intense comfort in being close together, like small animals sheltered deep in their den.

he thought to himself, though for the rest of the afternoon he found himself daydreaming back to his own teenage years in Hong Kong, sneaking into the botanical gardens with Betsy Choy, those dreamlike afternoons he had never told anyone about, and had not remembered to relive, for many years.

unspooled

from her reading at the library, recognized them all, but found that after she’d stared at them for long enough, they took on new contours, like faces of people she loved.

Moody had never thought much about money, because he had never needed to. Lights went on when he flipped switches; water came out when he turned the tap.