Little Wonder

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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women). A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES “An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother and son follow a seemingly impossible dream inspired by their love of music—and their devotion to each other . . . Keep something handy to dry your eyes.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake Song is a nobody—just a food delivery worker from a village in Northeast China—but her son, River, is a little wonder. At the age of four, he toddles to a piano and taps out his favorite song. At eight, he masters Liszt’s three Liebestraume; at ten, he blazes through the complete set of Chopin’s études. And at every step, through the valleys of loss, illness, and poverty, Song is there to light his way—until finally, at the age of eleven, River is invited to study with a preeminent teacher in Beijing. But in the chaos of Beijing Railway Station on the busiest day of the year, Song faces every mother’s nightmare: She loses her grip on River’s little hand and is unable to find him after a desperate, harrowing search. Over the next days, weeks, and eventually, years, Song and River fight to forge a path back to each other as they carve out new lives that carry them…