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11/10/2022 12:00 AM

Our Missing Hearts


Our Missing Hearts

by Celeste Ng

Set in a time when strict laws allow authorities to remove children from their homes if other family members are suspected of anti-American leanings, this novel follows 12-year-old Bird Gardner on a journey to find his mother, a Chinese American poet who abandoned the family several years before. Heartbreaking and suspenseful, this book contrasts the sacrifices some parents will make to protect their children against a government’s efforts to exert control in chaotic times.

Richard, Breakwater Books, Guilford