The canary - (two parts)

The extraordinary story of a boy, his mother, and a work of art that changed her life — Maureen Corrigan, NPR Miraculously, the best-selling book in the United States and worldwide survives — more than three million copies sold. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Malaparte Prize. The thirteen-year-old New Yorker boy, Theo Decker, loses his mother in an accident. Theo takes refuge with a wealthy family from Park Avenue because he is friends with their son, and his father had abandoned his family. He is puzzled by his strange new home, tormented by longing for his mother, and clings to the only thing that reminds him of her: a small painting with mysterious, enchanting magic that has come into his possession. Theo grows up and lives a life full of adventures… experiencing alienation, turmoil, love, and is always drawn by the power of that painting, a violent attraction into a narrow, dangerous circle. “A strange, dark, captivating book that goes a long way toward explaining what made its author establish her place among the great American novelists, including John Updike, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, and the late John Irving… A must-read for all lovers of great literature from this century and others.” — Kevin Nance, USA Today Number of pages: 1136 Publisher: Dar Al Tanweer Author: Donna Tartt