The goldfinch
Subtitle: a novel
By: Donna Tartt
Edition: Large print edition. First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1240
ISBN-13: 9780316239875
Subjects: Self-realization; Loss (Psychology); Artists; Large type books; Young men; Fiction
Description: "The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art"--

After Theo survives an accident that takes the life of his mother, a small painting becomes his talisman and eventually leads him into the criminal underworld. The plot contains pervasive profanity, sexual references, graphic violence, and drug use.
Notes: Accelerated Reader UG 6.6 49 49 165262