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He wasn’t supposed to be fixing modern fiction. Hobie dealt in the ancient, the veneered, the hand-carved. But this book was different. It had been dropped off by a woman who didn't leave a name, only a note: "It survived a flood. Make it whole again."

"I just want it to close right," Theo muttered, his fingers trembling slightly. "I want the edges to line up. If they don't line up, the whole thing feels... unfinished."

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The novel follows , a 13-year-old New Yorker whose life is irrevocably changed by a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His mother is killed in the blast, but in the chaotic aftermath, Theo impulsively takes a small, priceless 17th-century Dutch painting: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius.

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Published by Little, Brown and Company in 2013, by Donna Tartt is a sprawling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that has cemented its place as a modern literary landmark. Spanning over 770 pages, the book is a "Dickensian" journey through grief, art, and survival. The Heart of the Story: Plot Summary

Theo looked at his hands, stained with ink and glue. "Something always happened," he said softly. "But it stays beautiful anyway." Hobie dealt in the ancient, the veneered, the hand-carved

Working for James "Hobie" Hobart , a kind antique furniture restorer who becomes a surrogate father.

This single act of theft defines the next decade of his life. As Theo grows up, he moves between:

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