Yet there is one very significant revelation that will warm your heart. It seems to quickly conclude with too many unanswered questions for me.
I didn't feel that the level of detail that was used in the first two parts carried into the third. The final part brings all the issues raised in the first two sections to a climatic end, or does it? As much as I admire how empathetically this book is written, I was disappointed with the end. We also learn more about what Margaret has been doing since she left her family. There are massive job losses leading to riots and protests.
Trust, in general, deteriorates and people look to blame China. It also describes the gradual changes going on in the country as the economy declines and people become desperate. Next, we learn about Bird's mother, Margaret, and her life as a young woman before she met Bird's father, Ethan. It's been three years since she left but Bird still misses her, and, without his father's knowledge, decides to find her based on a letter he received with a New York return address. Bird's mother has left the family because her Asian ethnicity could put the family at risk. Some children have been separated from their parents for their own good. Books have been banned and people are constantly worrying about being reported as not being patriotic. (Preserving American Culture and Traditions) is in place. Especially after witnessing the last few years of political unrest and attacks on Democracy in our country.This book is very timely! It tells the story of a twelve-year old boy, Bird, who lives with his father in Cambridge, MA. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday. While reading this story, I thought that the events depicted could play out. He needs to know why she left.īird's mother is a well-known Chinese poet, forced into hiding when her poetry is used to oppose a government policy called PACT, which instills fear and mistrust in people. The story follows a young boy, Bird, who journeys to find a mother who left him. It's not hard to imagine the future Celeste Ng paints. But it also shows the strength of a mother's love and a beautiful but broken mother-son relationship. And yes, it's good and packs a powerful message. Again I loved it - maybe even more than the first. Then I read her second book, Little Fires Everywhere. I first fell in love with her writing when I read the book Everything I Never Told You.
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