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    Everything Here Is Beautiful

    Written by Mira T. Lee

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Emily Woo Zeller, Ozzie Rodriguez and

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    A dazzling novel of two sisters and their emotional journey through love, loyalty, and heartbreak

    Two sisters—Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. But Lucia impetuously plows ahead, marrying a bighearted, older man only to leave him, suddenly, to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant. She moves her new family from the States to Ecuador and back again, but the bitter constant is that she is, in fact, mentally ill. Lucia lives life on a grand scale, until, inevitably, she crashes to earth.

    Miranda leaves her own self-contained life in Switzerland to rescue her sister again—but only Lucia can decide whether she wants to be saved. The bonds of sisterly devotion stretch across oceans—but what does it take to break them?

    Told in alternating points of view, Everything Here Is Beautiful is, at its heart, the story of a young woman's quest to find fulfillment and a life unconstrained by her illness. But it's also an unforgettable, gut-wrenching story of the sacrifices we make to truly love someone—and when loyalty to one's self must prevail over all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 16, 2018
    ISBN9780525497455
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    • 4/5
      Lucia has a mental illness. Her story was intriguing. The author helped the reader understand her personality and her relationships with her family and friends. The story from her sister's perspective fell flat. Honesty, the other characters weren't as well developed. The only other character I cared about was Yonah. The story is centered around Lucia, so overall, very enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      Story of two sisters life when one of them is diagnosed with bi-polar/ schizophrenic disorder. it was interesting to read about the mind of a person with schizophrenia. I learned how difficult this disease is to control because the medication has so many side effects, the afflicted do not wish to take these medications for very long. Families struggle with this when a loved one has mental health issues.
    • 4/5
      Heartbreaking story of two Chinese immigrant sisters, one of whom struggles with mental illness makes a compelling story.
    • 4/5
      Miranda and Lucia are sisters and couldn’t be more different- Miranda the older sister responsible for caring for Lucia after their mothers death. Lucia begins to exhibit signs of mental illness which shapes her relationship with Miranda and other significant people in here life. This is a wonderful story of the frequently complicated relationships between sisters made even more so by mental illness. Overall an excellent read
    • 5/5
      A book that represents mental illness through the eyes of the person, family and health care. Each voice in the book is unique and written differently. Excellent read. Also highlights the issues in mental health mainly the disgusting medication for a disease that lasts a life-time.
    • 4/5
      Miranda and Lucia are the daughters of a single Chinese immigrant mother. The book begins as their mother is dying of cancer and Lucy is announcing her impending marriage to Stefan, a Jewish Russian immigrant, almost 20 years her senior with an upper extremity amputation. From this point the story moves back and forth in time and the chapters have different narrators. We learn that Miranda is the older and more responsible sibling and that Lucy has a history of mental illness that began when she was a college student. The bulk of the story deals with the difficulties of helping an adult with serious mental illness without abridging their human rights as an individual. Sometimes Lucy is lucid, especially when she takes her medication. But one of the hallmarks of her illness is the lack of insight into the illness causing her to resist taking her medications.The story is well written and heart breaking.
    • 4/5
      Mira Lee has given us an intricate depiction of mental illness. In vivid detail Lee describes what it is like to live through the diagnosis and the effect mental illness has on the family. I especially liked Yonah and Manny, Lucia's two relationships. A minor quibble, I would have liked more story about Miranda, Lucia's older sister. One of the blurbs stated it was a sisters story but Miranda's character was no more paramount than Yonah or Manny. Would definitely recommend this book to someone who is okay with reading this type of subject matter. I know these characters will remain in my head for years to come, a sign of a well written story.
    • 4/5
      This is a well written book about a woman with a brain disorder and the effect she has on her family. The author provides an excellent description of some of the difficulties living with a brain disorder and dealing with the side effects of the necessary medicine.
    • 3/5
      I struggled to get into this novel about a woman struggling with mental illness. The narrators switch often (which can make it hard to follow) but its center is Lucia, a Chinese-American woman who wrestles with an unpredictable illness that causes her life to take sudden shifts. She leaves her husband, has a child with another man, and moves to Eucador. Her career as a journalist suffers as she can only work for so long before her illness strikes and derails the progress she's made. Lucia's family and friends also struggle to best support her and deal with their own problems. This is a complex novel filled with incredibly real characters, but for whatever reason it didn't resonate with me.
    • 5/5
      4.5 Mental illness and the huge toll it takes on family, friends and the sufferers themselves. We meet two sisters, Jie, the responsible one, the protector and Lucia, creative, whimsical, impetuous. Two very different women, trying to have stable lives, but find many impediments in their paths. Stable lives built on an unstable foundation. We hear many different viewpoints, from different people, see and feel many different sides as those close try to help Lucia, keep her stable, taking her meds.How this drains them, often not knowing what to do, nor how to help or even cope.It is Lucia's story, her thoughts that bring the reader into her very being, her inner core. She tries so hard, wants only good things for those she loves, which eventually includes a young daughter. She is at times so much fun, imaginative, a hard worker, but sometimes she doesnt know what is real, what is not. She is in and out of different facilities, diagnosed with different mentasl illnesses, given medications, some with horrible sdide effects. We see the toll this takes on all.It is also as novel about the alienation, the fear people feel when they don't know how to fix things. The strain and stress of always watching, waiting. The different health care facilities in other countries, or lack thereof. This is a very emotional read, and the ending is as well. I became so invested in these characters, their lives, felt their struggle, their desperation at times. This is a very character driven read, and one in which I became emotionally involved. Beautifully written and extremely well done.ARC from Edelweiss.
    • 4/5
      Everything here is Beautiful is the debut novel by Mira Lee. This book is so good that I really look forward to what she will write in the future. This is a book about sisters and love and mental illness.Two sisters - Miranda, the older responsible sister and Lucia - the younger unpredictable sister move to America with their mother. When their mother dies, it is up to Miranda to help her sister navigate life. When Lucia has a mental breakdown, Miranda is the one who gets her into a hospital and works with her to get better. When Lucia decides to marry an older man and then quits taking her meds, it is Miranda who steps in to help. And then after Lucia decides to move to Ecuador with her younger lover and her new baby, Miranda is once again called in to help. But Lucia no longer wants her help and wants to live her life on her own. How much of Miranda's life needs to be given up to help her sister or has she sacrificed enough and now deserves her own happiness?This is a well written book told from each sister's perspective. It gives the reader a look at mental illness and how it affects not only the person but everyone else around them. It's the story of love and sacrifice but most important it's a story about family and how to protect those that we love the most.Thanks to First to Read for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.
    • 5/5
      Great book and touches on mental health issues loved ones face on a daily basis.
    • 5/5
      This is a beautifully written, tragic tale of love, loss and mental health.

      Following the story of sisters Miranda and Lucia, born to Chinese parents and living in America, the elder of the two siblings attempts to shelter her sister Lucia as she is seen to suffer from a form of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Miranda is responsible and organised, while her sister is a free spirit, but she seems to have no control over her fate and protecting her from her demons.

      It is a wonderful exploration into mental health, and how it affects all communities, and the effect it has on the people around them. It's sometimes heartbreaking knowing what could end up happening to Lucia when there is no safety net or support network to help her through her episodes. An unexpected gem.
    • 5/5
      Miranda and Lucia are sisters. Miranda is always looking out for the younger and more impulsive Lucia. Their single mother is from China, but relocates to the United States where she's getting an education and is working hard to give her daughters a good future. Miranda and Lucia are both intelligent and talented and they each study hard. However, when their mother dies the first cracks start to appear in their relationship. Lucia is struggling with demons Miranda doesn't understand. Miranda is trying to keep her sister safe, but it's difficult because of Lucia's erratic behavior. What will happen to the sisters now that they only have each other?

      Lucia marries an older man because he's her soul mate. She's happy for a while, but then the unpredictable uncontrolled behavior starts coming back and it's much worse this time. Miranda tries to get help for her sister, but Lucia doesn't want to listen to her. The problems between them become much deeper. Eventually Miranda moves to Switzerland to follow her own happiness, but she never stops taking care of Lucia. Lucia leaves her husband to have a child with a man originally from Ecuador and that is when she completely spirals out of control. What will happen to the mentally ill Lucia, will she be able to get the care she needs and have a little bit of stability or will her illness keep making life hard for her? Can Miranda still manage to provide the support her sister has to have or is she in over her head?

      Everything Here Is Beautiful is a fantastic impressive story. Miranda and Lucia couldn't be more different and I liked the alternating points of view, which makes it possible to get to know them both very well. Miranda is the voice of reason. She is serious, knows what she wants, hardly has any joy and is incredibly driven. Lucia is a free spirit who has a lot of fun at first. Lucia's illness makes her careless and she makes decisions she later regrets. It's difficult for her to be a mother, but she does the best she can. Lucia struggles with her illness and taking medication she doesn't want to take. My heart ached for everything she has to go through. It's tough for both her and her sister who has to watch her destruction without being able to do anything to help her. I admired the open and emphatic way Mira T. Lee describes the mental illness Lucia is dealing with. The result is a beautiful tragic, poignant story that moved me to tears.

      Mira T. Lee's writing is vibrant, detailed and gorgeous. I liked the way she describes her settings. She makes it easy to picture them and she makes them come to life in a fantastic colorful way. I was fascinated by the cultures she writes about. She does this by giving fabulous details about food, running a household, the way people form friendships and much more. Every single element of her book is exactly right. I loved how she combines a gorgeous story about a complex sibling bond with unexpected twists and turns. Everything Here Is Beautiful is an amazing emotional novel that will stay with me for a long time.
    • 4/5
      This is, first and foremost, the story of two sisters, one of whom suffers from mental illness. It's also the story of immigrants -- both documented and undocumented -- making their way in America. Miranda can remember coming to America from China with her mother, after her father's death. Lucia is younger, a free spirit whose mind eventually becomes unmoored from reality. Miranda is ever the protective older sibling -- too protective, perhaps?The story explores painful questions. How do you help someone get well when that person doesn't recognize that she is sick? How does mental illness affect all those close to the person who is ill? Why are societal attitudes toward mental illness so different from attitudes toward physical illness? Can you always determine the boundary between the personality and actions of the person who is ill and actual manifestations of mental illness? (Is every reckless act the result of the illness?)I just finished this, and it has left me feeling a bit melancholy.
    • 5/5
      Exquisitely empathetic, and yet unflinchingly honest, this is one of the best novels I've read about the toll living with mental illness takes on the family members who choose to support their loved one through crisis after crisis. There were times I felt viscerally the fear and uncertainty and anger and lonliness. A beautiful story of family bonds, and of choosing to stay through the hardest times. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      A tale of mental illness and the toll it takes on families. Lucia and Miranda are sisters. Their mother brought them from China to America when Lucia was still in utero and Miranda was about 9 years old. They were very close as children, but grew apart as adults. The love and bond of sisterhood kept them connected. Lucia was either a schizophrenic or bipolar.
      I never really loved or even liked any of the characters, but it was well written, so I am giving it 3 stars. It was a heartbreaking story of mental illness.

      #EverythingHereIsBeautiful #MiraTLee
    • 1/5
      I read this for my local library's book club, but was not able to participate in the Zoom discussion, which was just as well as I didn't like the book. It's about a schizophrenic woman, Lucia, and her family - sister Miranda, husband Yonah, lover and father of her daughter Manny - and is told from each of their viewpoints.
    • 5/5
      
This was an exquisite book.
It's not an easy tale to tell - one of mental illness, of immigrants both legal and illegal, of family and relationships both wonderful and strange.
Miranda, as the older sister, has always been protector, defender and the responsible one. And even more so now that their mother has passed away. Lucia brims with vibrancy and vivacity. She's unconventional, some may say strange. She's lived in South America and is marrying an Israeli man she barely seems to know. And worse, she's started hearing voices.
Just as soon as she married Yonah she decides she wants to have a child and leaves him for a young Ecuadorian man, Manny, who is in the country illegally. Eventually they move back to his small village in Ecuador which soon proves a problem for Lucia's condition.

Lee said in an interview that she has family members with schizophrenia and in the book it is clear that she's dealt with various aspects of it, especially the way Miranda tries to handle the various hospital staff who don't seem to understand how best to treat her sister. Miranda has done all her research and is familiar with all the problems the different drugs give her sister.
In bringing in Manny to the story, we see someone who cares for Lucia and also tries to appease her, not knowing exactly what she needs but still trying his very best to help.
Everything Here is Beautiful is a must-read. I seldom say things like that so I hope you know I mean it. It was a story gently and thoughtfully told, one that explores different perspectives, one that shows us how mental illness affects family and loved ones.

I read this for Asian Lit Bingo - Asian MC with Disability

    • 4/5
      Everything Here Is Beautiful is the story of two sisters – Miranda and Lucia, the daughters of a Chinese immigrant single mother. Miranda is the typical oldest child, responsible to a fault. After their mother dies, she becomes almost a single mother to Lucia. When Lucia develops a mental illness, Miranda’s role as her care-taker becomes all the more important.This novel is an honest exploration of mental illness and how it affects not only the mentally ill person but their friends and family as well. I liked that Lucia was not portrayed as an enigmatic, glamorous creature. Her situation was not romanticized. Lee eloquently captures Lucia’s internal struggle with her demons. I was able to understand why she had trouble staying on her medication and how when she went off of it, her mental illness could take over her mind without her even realizing it. Miranda loves her sister fiercely, yet can’t help getting frustrated with Lucia at times. It’s hard for her to accept that Lucia can’t control her mind, even though rationally she knows it’s true.I chose this novel to review because Celeste Ng, who has become one of my favorite authors, blurbed it. I’m so glad I did. It’s a beautifully written, character driven novel about sisterhood, motherhood, love and mental illness. Everything Here is Beautiful is a fantastic debut by Mira T. Lee. I’ll be following her and eagerly awaiting her next offering.
    • 4/5
      Everything about this book is beautiful. It’s heart-wrenching, unforgettable and moving. It’s about the complex relationships between two sisters. It’s about love. It’s about mental illness.Lucia suffers from schizophrenia. She goes through long periods of time living a pretty normal life and then the disease resurfaces with no warning causing turmoil. Lucia often has trouble figuring out what is real and what isn’t. At age 26 she was diagnosed and told she had a 20% chance of maintaining a full time job, a 25% chance of living independently, a 40% chance of attempting suicide, a 10 % change of succeeding.” She fights against this diagnosis her whole life. She never gives up and always keeps trying. Her sister, Miranda, who she calls Jia, has been there for Lucia her whole life. The two sisters were brought to America from China by their mother who thought they could only truly be free in the US. When their mother died from cancer, all they had was each other. Lucia always steps in to get her sister help when she has manic episodes and is always there when the phone calls come in that Lucia has been admitted to a hospital somewhere. Miranda struggles with finding her own well-being and happiness and taking care of her sister. How much can one person sacrifice for another?Lucia is very unpredictable. “One minute she’s sweet, the next she’s snide. She’s not stable. It’s like she’s fighting some demon inside.” Lucia marries Yonah, leaves him behind, has a baby with another man (Manny) and then moves to Ecadour with him. Manny feels a duty toward Lucia that he confuses with love and will do anything for his daughter Essy (Esperanza). He is a kind and decent man who promises to stick with Lucia and the baby. Lucia is always wanting to pick up and move somewhere new to get a clean slate, but she never does because her mental illness always interferes with her plans. The miles put a greater distance between the two sisters. Lucia feels that Miranda tries to control her and only sees her illness. Miranda is trying to live her own life. Manny and Lucia struggle with their relationship for years as well. Lucia feels the need to get away again but can’t leave her daughter behind. The book ended sad and I was really torn up at the end. It’s a truly beautiful book. “Oh, golden summer! Each day sharp and transformative, glowing and singular, each moment a glittery embrace. “It was impossible to know the truth of another’s interior life.”“Love is everything.”
    • 5/5
      I borrowed this book from the local library. All opinions are my own. ?????Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T Lee. Lucia battles her mental illness and it not only effects her but everyone near her feels the pressure to force her to comply with medicinal treatments and Lucia hates the pills. The people in her life she loves most are hurt by her and for her all at the same time. Every whim sends her and her little family down a path none of them could be prepared for and in the end, sadness is the only thing that makes them all whole again. Beautifully written from several characters points of view as to understand how this effects everyone. Review also posted on Instagram @jasonnstacie, Goodreads/StacieBoren, Go Read, and my blog at readsbystacie.com
    • 3/5
      Two sisters: Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister’s protector; Lucia, the vibrant, headstrong, unconventional one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts to hear voices, it’s Miranda who must fight for the help her sister needs — even as Lucia refuses to be defined by any doctor’s diagnosis.Determined, impetuous, she plows ahead, marrying a big-hearted Israeli only to leave him, suddenly, to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant. She will move with her new family to Ecuador, but the bitter constant remains: she cannot escape her own mental illness. Lucia lives life on a grand scale, until inevitably, she crashes to earth. And then Miranda must decide, again, whether or not to step in — but this time, Lucia may not want to be saved. The bonds of sisterly devotion stretch across oceans, but what does it take to break them?Told from alternating perspectives, Everything Here Is Beautiful is, at its core, a heart-wrenching family drama about relationships and tough choices — how much we’re willing to sacrifice for the ones we love, and when it’s time to let go and save ourselves.MY THOUGHTS:I received this book in exchange for my honest review.I wanted to try and read this book for its mental illness element. I enjoyed Russian Winter by this author, but this was a difficult read for me. There is an atmosphere of sadness and heartbreak, one I just couldn’t get past.I found myself DNF’ing this book. I NEVER DNF a book, and this is the first ever. I’m always able to get to the end of any book, even if I didn’t like it. Perhaps, that is why I couldn’t finish this one. The one hundred or so pages I did read were written well. Everything flowed, fit together and worked. I just couldn’t get past the subject matter.