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001			on1311084043
003			OCoLC
005			20221230144112.0
008			220414s2022 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2022017272
020			_a9780593492543 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0593492544 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780593652763 _q(trade paperback ; _qinternational edition)
020			_a0593652762 _q(trade paperback ; _qinternational edition)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1311084043
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050	0	0	_aPS3614.G83 _bO97 2022
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223/eng/20220414
100	1		_aNg, Celeste, _eauthor. _9128248
245	1	0	_aOur missing hearts : _ba novel /
264		1	_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2022.
300			_a335 pages ; _c24 cm
520			_a"From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic--including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn 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 librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. 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"--
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _9128249
655		7	_aDystopian fiction. _2lcgft _9128250
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _9128251
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aNg, Celeste. _tOur missing hearts _dNew York : Penguin Press, 2022 _z9780593492550 _w(DLC) 2022017273
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