September 22, 2022
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Bird Gardner is a mixed-race child - his mother, the poet Margaret Miu, is a PAO, a person of Asian origin. Three years earlier,. she vanished one day, and her disappearance devastated the family. Bird's father gave up his position as a linguistics professor and now shelves books at the university library, while he and Bird live in one of the dormitories. One day, Bird receives a communication that could only have come from his mother. He sets out to find her and ask her why she left them.
Set in the near future in a dystopian. post-crisis world where Asians are viewed with hatred and suspicion for causing everything afflicting the U.S., this is an old story retold that could easily happen again. There are themes of racism/racial purity (think Nazism), cultural homogeneity. fear and suspicion. But there is also bravery, especially among a group of librarians who are determined to continue making information accessible (as we have always done). It will keep you thinking long after you finish reading it. Really great cover art. Highly recommended.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC.
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