APRIL 23, 2023 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

 

Not sure if you saw the article in the paper the other day--"Trump touts authoritarian vision for a second term: 'I am your justice'". It should scare the crap out of you. His intention is to instill FEAR so that the public with give HIM the power to fix EVERY problem in our nation because ONLY HE KNOWS HOW TO FIX THEM. Yes, times are CRAZY right now BUT if anyone thinks TRUMP is going to make things better--THINK AGAIN--or read Celeste NG's new book Our Missing Hearts. Set in the unknown distant future, A "Crisis" has taken place in the United States and the new Authoritarian government--based on fear, bigotry and racism--is in power. They have instituted PACT--Preserving American Culture and Traditions--as a way to control the masses. Books are banned, history is rewritten, neighbors are spying on each other and reporting suspicious activity to the government. There is also  a deep hatred of Asian people (the scapegoats)  where violence against them is commonplace. The main character in this novel is twelve year old Bird Gardner. He lives with his father Ethan and mother Margaret in Cambridge. His mother is a famous Chinese American poet whose books have been banned and one day she quietly disappears. The story centers on Bird's quest to find his mother and understand her disappearance when any mention of her name is unpatriotic. That's all I'm going to say about this timely novel except this is a cautionary tale of what could happen in the United States......and it scares me. This 350 page novel is a must read account of HOW NOT TO LIVE.