Wow oh wow! Contemporary fiction is not my go-to... AT ALL! But I just knew I needed to read this one and it has been on my shelf a couple years. I will follow Reese Witherspoon to the end of the earth and back... and trust her book taste completely!

This is a fantastic story that discusses classism, racism, motherhood, and more. It is powerful and important and necessary. The book, while written a few years ago, takes place in the 90s when Clinton was president. So it is a "lookback" at the topics I just mentioned from a 21st century/modern approach. So many things we used to do and say did not strike a lot of us as: classist or racist. BUT that does not mean just because we have/had good intentions that we did not actually offend someone or minimize their place in the world. There are so many characters (not in a bad way) in this book that give you so many different perspectives from: age, gender, race, class, etc. It is a true testament to Ng's storytelling that none of this got muddled or blurry as the story developed. I was engaged and clear of who everyone was the entire story.

I could go on and on about how great this book is - I read it in 1.5 days... I just kept turning page after page... my jaw kept dropping. "OMG why did she ask her that?!" and "WHAT?! You can do that??" I mean... Celeste Ng is a genius and will be an auto-buy author for me!

HIGHLY recommended and obviously 5 stars from me!