
2024 Longlist
Our Missing Hearts
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned. Bird receives a letter containing a cryptic drawing, and he’s entered a quest to find her. His journey will take him to the folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to NYC, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Our Missing Hearts is a powerful novel about love, loss, and the power of a mother’s love. It is both devastating and hopeful.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Date published
04/10/2022
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Press
Nominating Library
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