Read Between the Spines Book Club In-Person
Do you like talking about books? Join us at the Galena Branch for our new book club for adults! This month's selection is Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. Copies of the book are available to check out at Galena Digital Library for registered participants.
About the book:
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn't know what happened to her--only that her books have been banned--and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.
Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled 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 heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both.
Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It's about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and the power of art to create change.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 6:45pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Galena Conference Room
- Branch:
- Galena Digital Branch
- Audience:
- Adults