{"product_id":"our-missing-hearts-celeste-ng-hardcover","title":"Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club -- Celeste Ng, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e, comes one of the most highly anticipated books of the year - the inspiring new novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"It's impossible not to be moved.\" --Stephen King, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Riveting, tender, and timely.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople, \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve \"American culture\" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic--including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, 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 librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Missing Hearts \u003c\/i\u003eis an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It's a story about the power--and limitations--of art to create change, the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and how any of us can survive a broken world with our hearts intact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celeste Ng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.22w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593492543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Celeste Ng","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952626532580,"sku":"9780593492543","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780593492543.jpg?v=1719492613","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/our-missing-hearts-celeste-ng-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}