Trivia / Little Fires Everywhere

• Recycled Script: Readers of Ng's previous novel, Everything I Never Told You, will spot some strong similarities.
  • Lexie and Lydia both feel intense pressure to be perfect in their mothers' eyes and end up taking some major stumbles along the way, although Lexie eventually recovers.
  • Izzy plays a similar role in Elena's life as Hannah does in Marilyn's life. The unexpected conception of both girls derails both women's hopes to revive their careers, and they respond by generally ignoring their daughters (except to chastise them) and failing to give them any special nicknames as an indication of an emotional disconnect with them.