The dystopian novel, set in a world that’s “governed by laws written to preserve ‘American culture’ in the wake of years of economic instability and violence,' takes 12-year-old Bird on an adventure to find his mother after he receives a mysterious letter.
"Our Missing Hearts" is set to release on Oct. 4 through Penguin Press. Following the success of her first two novels, Shaker Heights native Celeste Ng will soon follow up with a new release: a novel titled “Our Missing Hearts.”on Thursday afternoon.
The novel follows Bird Gardner, a 12-year-old who lives with his librarian father after his mother left the family when he was nine years old, according to. The dystopian novel -- set in a world that’s “governed by laws written to preserve ‘American culture’ in the wake of years of economic instability and violence” -- brings Bird on an adventure to find his mother, after he receives a mysterious letter.
“‘Our Missing Hearts’ is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can pretend to ignore the most searing injustice,” the book’s description reads on Ng’s website. “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.”
“Our Missing Hearts” will follow 2014′s “Everything I Never Told You” and 2017′s best-selling “Little Fires Everywhere.” “Little Fires Everywhere” was adapted into
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