If your book club also managed to watch the Hulu series, based on the novel, be sure to discuss the questions comparing the book and the show!

This Little Fires Everywhere discussion guide also includes a synopsis of the story, selected reviews, and 3 related reads. These Little Fires Everywhere book club questions will support readers as they wind through the streets of Shaker Heights and sit with some challenging stuff. There are some parts of our past we can’t outrun, no matter how hard we try there are things in our lives that even a scorched earth restart can’t fix. It is about the human fascination with the “other”, and the hard truth that the best intentions don’t matter if the impact of our actions is dangerous. The story takes the complexities of race, class, and motherhood and confronts the challenging issues head-on–it’s a novel about art, truth, and the concepts of belonging and possession.

This novel was an instant book club favorite but it isn’t an easy book to discuss. Celeste Ng’s bestselling novel Little Fires Everywhere reminds us that perfection is a veneer, and that the ideal life, the ideal family, and the ideal neighborhood are all unattainable fantasies. Behind the veil of how we present ourselves, there is always more to the story.

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