{"product_id":"the-goldfinch-9780316055437","title":"The Goldfinch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this \"extraordinary\" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e that \"connects with the heart as well as the mind\" (Stephen King, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a 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 a wealthy and insular art community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love -- and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this \"soaring masterpiece\" examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Tartt is an American writer who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604557697298,"sku":"9780316055437","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02bd41d7-7059-40fb-920b-f292985c250a.jpg?v=1732261213","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-goldfinch-9780316055437","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}