Missing Our Hearts

The author of two global bestsellers «Everything I Never Told You» and «Little Fires Everywhere», remaining true to her psychological style, steps into new genre territory. A novel about maternal love in a world enslaved by fear. Twelve-year-old Chizh leads a quiet life with a loving but broken father, a former linguist who now works as a librarian. Chizh knows he must not ask questions, stand out, or go too far from home. In recent years, their lives have been governed by laws designed to preserve traditional values. New laws allow authorities to take children from oppositional parents, and books deemed unpatriotic are confiscated from libraries and bookstores. Among them is a collection of poems by Chizh's mother. His mother disappeared when Chizh was nine years old. One day, Chizh receives a mysterious letter containing only strange drawings and sets off in search of his mother. His journey will become a return to the tales and stories his mother once read to him that he has forgotten. Celeste Ng's new novel is a story about surviving even in a broken and twisted world, as long as your heart remains intact.