Our Missing Hearts

An instant New York Times bestseller ΓÇó A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 ΓÇó Named a Best Book of 2022 by People,TIME MagazineThe Washington PostUSA TodayNPRLos Angeles Timesand Oprah Dailyand more ΓÇó A Reese’s Book Club Pick ΓÇó New York Times Paperback Row Selection From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywherecomes the inspiring new novel about a motherΓÇÖs unshakeable love. ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs impossible not to be moved.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöStephen KingThe New York Times Book Review ΓÇ£Rivetingtenderand timely.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöPeopleBook of the Week ΓÇ£Thought-provokingheart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and sonand I canΓÇÖt wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöReese Witherspoon (ReeseΓÇÖs Book Club Pick) Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving fathera former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margareta Chinese American poetleft without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesnΓÇÖt know what happened to herΓÇöonly that her books have been bannedΓÇöand he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one dayBird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawingand 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 childthrough the ranks of an underground network of heroic librariansand finally to New York Citywhere he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his motherand what the future holds for them both. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made newof the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. ItΓÇÖs about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our childrenand the power of art to create change.