Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. STARRED REVIEWS: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist Underscores that the stories we tell about our lives and those of others can change hearts, minds, and history.” - Kirkus "Ng’s cautionary tale transports us into an American tomorrow that is all too easy to imagine-and persuasively posits that the antidotes to fear and suspicion are empathy and love. This offsite, ticketed event will take place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn and is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and KAZU 90.3. JUST ANNOUNCED: Our Missing Hearts is Reese's Book Club's October 2022 book club pick! Ng will be in-conversation with local writer Ellen Bass. TICKETED OFFSITE EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Celeste Ng, number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, for an event celebrating her new book, Our Missing Hearts-a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.
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