: As a mixed-race family in 1970s small-town Ohio, the Lees struggle with isolation and prejudice. James desperately wants to "blend in," while Marilyn’s mother disapproved of their interracial marriage from the start.
The novel immediately pulls readers in with a devastating opening line that sets the stage for a domestic mystery. However, as the story unfolds, it reveals itself to be much more than a thriller; it is a sensitive family portrait that moves back and forth in time to uncover the cracks that existed long before Lydia disappeared. Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
: The title reflects the many things left unsaid between husbands and wives, parents and children. This emotional repression ultimately becomes a "suffocating" force within the home. : As a mixed-race family in 1970s small-town