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In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.

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.

“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos.

The brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times best seller Everything I Never Told You. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colours of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead.

Twelve-year-old Bird lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist. He knows not to ask many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird's mother.

Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee - a girl who inherited her mother's bright-blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt, and Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to hold someone accountable. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who may be the only one who knows what really happened.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Jennifer Egan and best-selling Celeste Ng come together for a compelling discussion of their new novels, Manhattan Beach and Little Fires Everywhere, two stories of family secrets and the children who discover them. Performances by Cindy Cheung (Mistress America) and Susannah Rogers (The Diary of a Teenage Girl).

Em Shaker Heights tudo é planejado: da localização das escolas à cor usada na pintura das casas. E ninguém se identifica mais com esse espírito organizado do que Elena Richardson. Mia Warren, uma artista solteira e enigmática, chega nessa bolha idílica com a filha adolescente e aluga uma casa que pertence aos Richardson. Em pouco tempo, as duas se tornam mais do que meras inquilinas: todos os quatro filhos da família Richardson se encantam com as novas moradoras de Shaker. 

L'histoire bouleversante d'une famille qui lutte pour raviver l'espoir et la justice dans une société qui a cédé à la peur. États-Unis d'Amérique, dans un futur pas si lointain. L'existence de tous est rythmée par des lois liberticides. Tout citoyen de culture étrangère est considéré comme dangereux pour la société.

Celeste Ng discusses her disturbingly realistic dystopia in Our Missing Hearts with Audible Editor Tricia. They explore the power of art, love, and storytelling in the face of fear and persecution.

En Shaker Heights, una tranquila y próspera zona residencial de Cleveland, todo está planeado, desde el trazado de las carreteras hasta los colores de las casas, incluso el triunfal futuro de sus vecinos. Nadie encarna mejor este espíritu que Elena Richardson, cuya vida se rige por un principio fundamental: jugar siempre dentro de las reglas sociales. La historia comienza cuando Mia Warren, artista enigmática y madre soltera, llega a esta idílica burbuja con Pearl, su hija adolescente.

Quand le voile des apparences ne peut être déchiré, il faut parfois y mettre le feu. À Shaker Heights, banlieue riche et tranquille de Cleveland, tout est soigneusement planifié pour le bonheur des résidents. Rien ne dépasse, rien ne déborde, à l'image de l'existence parfaitement réglée d'Elena Richardson, femme au foyer exemplaire. Lorsque Mia Warren, une mère célibataire et bohème, vient s'installer dans cette bulle idyllique avec sa fille Pearl, les relations avec la famille Richardson sont d'abord chaleureuses.

Es brennt! In jedem der Schlafzimmer hat jemand Feuer gelegt. Fassungslos steht Elena Richardson im Bademantel draußen auf dem Rasen und starrt in die Flammen. Bis zu diesem Tag hat sie ein Vorzeigeleben geführt in Shaker Heights, einem wohlhabenden Vorort von Cleveland, Ohio, in dem der Außenanstrich der Häuser ebenso geregelt ist wie der Alltag seiner Bewohner. Ihr Mann ist Partner einer Anwaltskanzlei, sie selbst schreibt Kolumnen für die Lokalzeitung, die vier halbwüchsigen Kinder sind bis auf das jüngste, Isabel, wohlgeraten. Doch jetzt brennt ihr Haus.

1998, Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio. Una comunità fondata su un insediamento Shaker e popolata da una maggioranza di benintenzionati democratici e abbienti, seguaci, anche se non proprio rigorosi, delle drastiche regole di vita stabilite dai loro predecessori. E due protagoniste diversissime: Elena Richardson, quattro figli, perfezionista, impegnata in attività benefiche, ricca, che incarna la filosofia Shaker.

Ohio 1977: James Lee möchte seine Tochter Lydia als Abschlussballkönigin sehen - eine Popularität, die ihm als Sohn chinesischer Einwanderer verwehrt blieb. Für ihre Mutter soll die 17-Jährige Klassenbeste sein. Auch ihre beiden Geschwister vergöttern sie. Doch dann der Schock: Lydia wird tot aufgefunden. War es Mord oder Selbstmord? Der tragische Verlust verwandelt das Leben der Familie in eine Tragödie, die ihre glückliche Vergangenheit als Illusion entlarvt. Doch auch dieses Ende birgt die Chance auf einen Neuanfang. Und alle erkennen, dass Ehrlichkeit und Respekt füreinander das Wichtigste im Leben sind.

1977, Ohio. Lydia Lee, seize ans, est une élève et une fille modèle. Elle est le grand espoir de son père, d'origine chinoise, qui projette sur elle ses rêves d'intégration, et de sa mère qui espère à travers elle accomplir ses ambitions professionnelles déçues. Mais à quoi rêve Lydia en secret ? Lorsque la police découvre son corps au fond d'un lac, la famille Lee, en apparence si soudée, va affronter ses secrets les mieux gardés, car plus rien ne sera pareil. La disparition de Lydia vire soudainement à l'autopsie familiale.

Bird è un ragazzino di dodici anni che vive a Cambridge, Massachusetts, con suo padre, un ex linguista ora impiegato nella biblioteca universitaria di fronte a casa. Sua madre, Margaret, una poetessa di origini cinesi, li ha abbandonati quando lui aveva solo nove anni in circostanze misteriose, dopo che una sua poesia è diventata il manifesto dei dissidenti contro le leggi in vigore. Leggi autoritarie, volte a preservare "la cultura e le tradizioni americane", a bandire i libri o le forme d'arte non allineati, e a "ricollocare" i figli dei soggetti sovversivi.

Seit vor zwei Jahren seine Mutter, eine chinesischamerikanische Dichterin, verschwunden ist, lebt der zwölfjährige Bird allein in Harvard mit seinem Vater, einem Bibliotheksmitarbeiter. Ihr Leben wird von Gesetzen bestimmt, die die "amerikanische Kultur" bewahren sollen. Vor allem asiatisch aussehende Menschen werden diskriminiert, ihre Kinder zur Adoption freigegeben. Eines Tages erhält Bird einen Brief von seiner Mutter Margaret und begibt sich auf die Suche nach ihr. Die Reise führt ihn zu den Geschichten seiner Kindheit und einem Widerstandsnetzwerk von Bibliothekaren.

Na manhã de um dia de primavera de 1977, Lydia Lee não aparece para tomar café. Mais tarde, seu corpo é encontrado em um lago de uma cidade de Ohio a que ela e sua família sino-americana nunca se adaptaram muito bem. Quem ou o que fez com que Lydia–uma estudante promissora de 16 anos, adorada pelos pais–fugisse de casa e se aventurasse em um bote tarde da noite, mesmo tendo pavor de água e sem saber nadar?