![]() ![]() For as long as he knows, his remaining parent never mentions his poet-writing Chinese mom and Bird has learned to always follow his rules: don’t ask too many questions, don’t stray from the path, and never stand out too much. In all honesty, she’s been gone for three years and there’s almost zero trace of her in the apartment where he lives with his dad. Known for her best-selling novel, Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng is back with another telling story about the castigation of people who have a certain tint to their skin in Our Missing Hearts, and the bottomless love a parent can have for their child.īird Gardner doesn’t quite remember the day his mom left. And given today’s political climate, it’s not hard to see why. When society becomes too consumed by a known fear – a specific race who appears to terrorize the American way of thinking – the populace can easily be consumed by it. ![]()
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