Author Celeste Ng joined the L.A. Times Book Club on Dec. 8 to discuss her new bestseller, “Our Missing Hearts.” You can watch Ng’s conversation with Times columnist Patt Morrison on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook. Ng’s foray into speculative fiction “sounds really different” from the Midwest suburban settings of her previous novels, she acknowledged in an a Times interview. Reese …
Celeste Ng’s new novel, “Our Missing Hearts,” may feel like a departure to the legions of fans who read her first two books, but the bestselling author does not see it that way. It feels scarily real.” Ng joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club on Dec. 8 to discuss “Our Missing Hearts” with Times columnist Patt Morrison. I’m kind …
Editor’s Note: Keeping you in the know, Culture Queue is an ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to. “Our Missing Hearts” is Ng’s first book since the Hulu-adapted, explosive suburban drama “Little Fires Everywhere.” It takes place after an economic crisis —— for which China becomes the scapegoat …
Celeste Ng's powerful new dystopian novel reflects our headlines back to us Our Missing Hearts imagines a world of governmental cruelty — and the armies of citizens who both facilitate and resist. Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, says Ng's latest novel, called "Our Missing Hearts," is set in a world that simultaneously reflects and amplifies our current anxious realities. Celeste …