內容簡介
Bird的詩人母親在他九歲時突然失蹤，自此音訊全無。如今十二歲的Bird與父親過著平靜低調的生活，父親原是語言學家，如今在大學圖書館整理書籍。
某天，Bird收到一封神秘來信，信裡只有一張圖畫。
Bird至今對母親當年發生了什麼仍一無所知，只知道她的作品遭到查禁，也因此，他始終懷著對母親的怨懟，認為比起彼時需要母愛的年幼的自己，母親更在乎自己的創作。
這封來信引領Bird踏上一段尋母之旅，前往母親兒時曾為他講述的、充滿民間故事色彩的神秘世界，並在揭開母親失蹤謎團的同事，結識一群在暗中默默守護知識與真相的圖書館員…
An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year 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
“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son.” —Reese Witherspoon
“Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People
"Remarkable . . . An unflinching yet life-affirming drama about the power of art and love to push back in dangerous times." —Oprah Daily
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love.
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.
作者介紹
Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the novels Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.
