Lit of the Century

Where: Sunday, June 1st at Parks Coffee. Look for the folks with books on the table. 📚 If you don't see us in the main room, walk toward the restrooms in the back, there's additional seating there.

What:
Tartt brought home the Pulitzer Prize with this work. Let's have a vibrant discussion on the themes, lessons, and our feelings about her work.❤️

About the book:
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.

Critics Say:
The Goldfinch 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, Washington Post).

Length & Style:
At 771 pages, this is one big book...a great opportunity to test the general theory of reading relativity (i.e. can a good story stop time).

Trigger Warnings:
This book addresses some heavy subject matter, including: terrorism, death, substance abuse, and child neglect.