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Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

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Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

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A Mother And Daughter Upset Suburban Status Quo In 'Little Fires Everywhere'
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A Mother And Daughter Upset Suburban Status Quo In 'Little Fires Everywhere'

Novelist Celeste Ng knows Shaker Heights, Ohio well. Writing about your own hometown is "like writing about a relative," she says. "You love them dearly, and yet you also know all of their quirks."

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'Everything I Never Told You' Exposed In Biracial Family's Loss

Everything I Never Told You is Celeste Ng's debut novel about a Chinese-American family living in 1970s Ohio. She is currently working on a second novel and a collection of short stories. Kevin Day/The Penguin Press hide caption

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'Everything I Never Told You' Exposed In Biracial Family's Loss

In times of tragedy, our deepest insecurities can take over. In Celeste Ng's new novel, set in the Midwest in the late 1970s, the fear that bubbles up is related to race and identity.

'Everything I Never Told You' Exposed In Biracial Family's Loss

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