Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel - Softcover

Ng, Celeste

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593632672 ISBN 13: 9780593632673

Publisher: Diversified Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

An instant New York Times bestseller - A New York Times Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more - A Reese's Book Club Pick - New York Times Paperback Row Selection

"Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son." --Reese Witherspoon

"Riveting, tender, and timely." --People

"Remarkable . . . An unflinching yet life-affirming drama about the power of art and love to push back in dangerous times." --Oprah Daily

From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother's unshakeable love.

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn't know what happened to her--only that her books have been banned--and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.

Then one day Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will learn the truth about what happened to his mother and what the future holds for them both.

Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It's about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children and the power of art to create change.

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About the Author

Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the novels Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Diversified Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593632672
• ISBN 13: 9780593632673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416