Her relationship with her mother has always been rocky. The only Richardson who she hasn’t come close to is Izzy later goes onto befriend Pearl’s mother, Mia. She becomes a friend to Lexie who she idolizes, she develops feelings for Trip and she spends most of her time with Moody. Through this arrangement Pearl meets the Richardson family and grows close to all of the children. The Richardson family is a prestigious one who gave their rental home to an artist, Mia Warren and her daughter, Pearl to live in. The reason for the little fires everywhere is the result of many conflicts coming into play and the consequences of the resolution done in the novel. Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere is a beautiful culmination of many conflicts coming together to explain the burning of a home with multiple small original fires in the Richardson home in Shaker Heights.
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