Author: Allen Levi

One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…

His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers.

Theo visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their “rightful owners.” With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born, and a life altered.

A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another.

Review:

Powerful, poignant, and memorable!⁣
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𝐓heo of Golden is a nostalgic, touching novel that takes you into the life of Theo, an eighty-six-year-old man who, after arriving in a small town and stumbling upon a coffee shop adorned with nearly a hundred beautiful portraits of local residents, decides to purchase each drawing and return it to the person depicted, while also offering a listening ear, gentle wisdom, and an extraordinary kindness to anyone willing to receive it.⁣
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The prose is eloquent and reflective. The characters, including all the supporting characters, are unique, endearing, multi-layered, and warm. And the plot is a beautiful tale of friendship, happiness, kindness, generosity, loss, grief, solace, forgiveness, honesty, humour, unconditional love, growing old, and the true meaning of family.⁣
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Overall, 𝐓heo of Golden is a moving, delightful, exceptional debut by Levi that made me smile, made me cry, and is, without question, one of my favourite reads of the year.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

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