Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Who is May Ling? Who is Mirabelle? 

Elena Richardson grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio: a Cleveland suburb. In 1997, she has 4 high school children and the perfect lawyer as a husband. Elena's life is her own perfect plan, and 3 of her children easily fall into her cookie-cutter family recipe. Her youngest, Izzy, has always been a wild card.

When Mia and Pearl Warren move to Shaker Heights, the 2^ndfloor apartment they rent is owned by Elena Richardson, who has a soft spot for Mia. Elena offers Mia a job before digging into Mia's personal history. Under normal circumstances, Elena and Mia may have been friends. If only Elena hadn't hired Mia to clean and cook for her teenage children. 

Pearl and Mia attract all four of the Richardson children: Lexie, Trip, Moody, and Izzy. And each of these teenagers reacted differently to the mother/daughter family. When Shaker Heights is thrown into an adoption scandal that attracts media attention, everyone takes sides. When Elena realizes that Mia is intimately involved with the “other side” she pushes Mia and Pear right out of her family's life, which has dire consequences for her perfect little life.

This book is wonderfully written and every character feels like a real person. This story brought me back to 1997 and my sophomore year in high school, and I loved it.