Our missing hearts: a novel
(CD Unabridged)
Author:
Contributors:
Liu, Lucy, 1968- narrator.
Series:
Published:
New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2022].
Format:
CD Unabridged
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Desc:
8 audio discs (9 hours, 52 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches.
Status:
Description
An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love.
“Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People, Book of the Week
"Remarkable . . . An unflinching yet life-affirming drama about the power of art and love to push back in dangerous times." —Oprah Daily
“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick)
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.
Then one day Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and 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 child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will learn the truth about what happened to his mother and what the future holds for them both.
Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children and the power of art to create change.
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love.
“Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People, Book of the Week
"Remarkable . . . An unflinching yet life-affirming drama about the power of art and love to push back in dangerous times." —Oprah Daily
“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick)
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.
Then one day Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and 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 child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will learn the truth about what happened to his mother and what the future holds for them both.
Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children and the power of art to create change.
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Ashland Adult Audiobooks Fiction
CDBK NG
Available
Aug 3, 2023
Drummond Fiction Audiobooks
AUDIO CD F NG
Available
Mercer Fiction Audiobooks
CD F NG
Available
Nov 15, 2023
Presque Isle Fiction Audiobooks
Audio CD Ng
Available
Aug 30, 2024
Webster Fiction Audiobooks
AUD CD NG
Available
Apr 16, 2024
Subjects
LC Subjects
Other Subjects
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593629611, 0593629612
UPC:
9780593629611
Notes
General Note
"Reese's book club"--Container.
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Lucy Liu ; with a note read by the author.
Description
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's 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. Bird 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 drawn 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.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Ng, C., & Liu, L. (2022). Our missing hearts: a novel. Unabridged. New York, NY, Penguin Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ng, Celeste and Lucy Liu. 2022. Our Missing Hearts: A Novel. New York, NY, Penguin Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ng, Celeste and Lucy Liu, Our Missing Hearts: A Novel. New York, NY, Penguin Audio, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ng, Celeste, and Lucy Liu. Our Missing Hearts: A Novel. Unabridged. New York, NY, Penguin Audio, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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