Several girls mentioned reading this while we were on our trip in Savannah and I immediately downloaded it and gave it a listen. I was hooked from the very beginning both by Theo and the sweet nature of the writing. I loved how you got to know each of the characters better and better throughout the book and found myself both devastated and hopeful at the end. It was tender and thought-provoking and is one of my top books I've read in a really long time.
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"One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn't explain much about where he came from or why he's there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person's story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder."
