Book Club Discussion -  Little Fires Everywhere

Book Club Discussion - Little Fires Everywhere

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Thornhill Community Centre Library

7755 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill, Ontario, L3T 4P1

Markham, ON

Organized by Markham Public Library
Free

About This Event

Want to connect with others over the love of reading? Join our book club to discuss Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere. Please see a staff member for details on borrowing the title.



Book Description:


In a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.