His artworks appear in world-class museums and publications ranging from National Geographic to the journal Science

this storybook offers up the personal stories of Ruth

he provided an unexpected friend in his dog Henri

Other chapters deal with the turbulent year 1968

Our Missing Hearts Michael Chabon His artworks appear in world-classTwelve year old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left the family when he was nine years old without a trace. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, his family's life has been governed by laws written to preserve American culture in the wake of years