The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade. a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind ... .Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction .-- Stephen King. The New York Times Book Review Theo Decker. a 13-year-old New Yorker. miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father. Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue. disturbed by schoolmates who dont know how to talk to him. and tormented above all by his longing for his mother. he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small. mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art As an adult. 

Author: Donna Tartt 

Publisher: Back Bay 

Released Date: 2010

ISBN: 9780316286398