The Library Lunchtime Book Club | September | Theo of Golden

Join us for an afternoon book club led by the Oxford Exchange Bookstore Team! All readers are welcome!

Held in person at The Library in St. Pete on the last Wednesday of every month. This book club focuses on popular, yet compelling book club novels that spark connection and conversation.

Books are available in-person or online at the Oxford Exchange Bookstore.

THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON

A Katie Couric Book Club Pick • A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick

“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times

“A treasure.” —Hoda Kotb

“To Kill a Mockingbird for this generation.” —The Dallas Morning News

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.

Contributor Bio(s)

Allen Levi —attorney, judge, singer/songwriter, author—lives on and cares for family acreage near a small town in middle Georgia. Theo of Golden is his first novel.