The Phoenix Book Club will resume their monthly meetings in September with a discussion of Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” on Monday, September 14 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM in the Library’s Young Adult Room. 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. 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.
A copy of the book may be reserved at the Library or at www.ccls.org.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 610-933-3013 x132 or e-mail mpinto@ccls.org.
