What is going on in his life when we meet him? The novel is called "Our Missing Hearts," and author Celeste Ng joins us now to talk about it. Their parents have no idea where they are. Authorities remove children from their homes, assign them to new families. In this dystopia, violating PACT, even questioning the law, puts families at risk. RASCOE: His mother, a poet and an activist. And because of this, he knows it is from his mother. No return address, only a New York, New York postmark six days old. But eventually, it had been deemed harmless and sent on its way. It had caused confusion at the post office, the clerk unfolding the paper inside, steadying it, passing it up to his supervisor, then the boss. Celeste Ng's new novel opens with a preteen boy and a sense of foreboding, a la The Preserving American Culture and Traditions Act, or PACT, looms over everything.ĬELESTE NG: (Reading) The letter arrives on a Friday, slit and resealed with a sticker, of course, as all their letters are.
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