Celeste Ng Dives Into Dystopia in 'Our Missing Hearts'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 5, 2022

Bestselling author Celeste Ng is back with her latest novel after the tremendous success of Little Fires Everywhere. In Our Missing Hearts, Ng creates a future America in which laws have been created to "preserve American culture" and children of dissidents can be sent away. One of those children is Bird, whose mother is a Chinese American poet deemed unpatriotic by the government. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother, but when he receives a mysterious note, he begins a journey to find her. Ng join us to discuss.

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