Sample · Literary Fiction, Domestic Drama

Listen to Little Fires Everywhere

The opening of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, read by Isadora. Try the other narrators below, then drop your own copy and hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Isadora
Silky, cunning British female voice, ideal for narrating intricate plots
Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. People had been waiting for something like this.

About this sample

Celeste Ng opens with a whole town gossiping about a burned house. Isadora’s silky British voice is the neighbour who knows more than she says.
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