Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club (A Novel)

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 finally 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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352 pages

Average rating: 6.88

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fionaian
Sep 30, 2024
6/10 stars
I love the concept of this book. I like how Celeste Ng drew inspiration from real-life events such as the re-education boarding schools for Native American children, the migrant crisis from Central and South America, and even the Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong. However, part II of this novel really dragged as it was more telling than showing the events that led to the crisis in the book. I struggled to really root for any of the main characters, although I developed a soft spot for Sadie.
DF
Jul 15, 2024
Thought provoking
Anonymous
May 07, 2024
10/10 stars
I loved this book even as it bruised my heart. I was both so sad for this world that was almost a mirror image of our own, and also so electric with conviction and hope for change. This book is poetic, beautiful, gruesome, and inspiring.
Katerina N L
Apr 09, 2024
5/10 stars
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trinabean724
Mar 19, 2024
9/10 stars
4.5 this book will stay with me for a long time.

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