Summary, Analysis & Review of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch

Summary, Analysis & Review of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch by Instaread Preview The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is a coming-of-age novel that follows Theodore Decker, 13, in the wake of his traumatic experience in a deadly terrorist attack on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That fateful afternoon, Theo lost his beloved mother, who had been the center of his universe, and gained a terrible secret. In a haze of injury, heightened emotion, and mayhem, he left the museum with a priceless masterwork.