Theo of Golden: A Novel Day Halloween Elisabeth has grown up among

Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains

Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades

I will have to smile

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Theo of Golden: A Novel Day Halloween Elisabeth has grown up amongOne spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come fromor 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,