Grief unravels the quiet truths a family never dared to face.
In 1970s Ohio, the Lee family’s world collapses when Lydia, the daughter they pinned their hopes on, is found dead in a nearby lake. Marilyn and James, each burdened by their own unspoken dreams and failures, search for explanations that echo through their mixed-race family in ways they struggle to name. Lydia’s siblings confront the silence that shaped their home, piecing together the pressures she carried and the secrets no one wanted to see.
As the Lees revisit the choices that once felt small, they uncover the fault lines that shaped their lives.
Everything I Never Told You is a tender, arresting novel about identity, expectation, and the fragile bonds that tie a family together.
