Our Missing Hearts

By Celeste Ng

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Our Missing Hearts is Celeste Ng's novel about a mother and son in an America where fear has turned into law. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives with his father in a country shaped by laws that preserve 'American culture' and allow children of dissidents to be taken away. His mother, a Chinese American poet, left years ago. When Bird receives a mysterious letter, he sets out to find her. The novel explores family, art and the power of stories in dark times.

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• Reese Witherspoon: “The October 2022 @ReesesBookClub pick is Our Missing Hearts by @pronounced_ing—our first ever double author pick! This heart-wrenching novel is set in a not-too-distant future where entire sections of the population are deemed un-American & forced away from their families.”