Fate and Triumph National Book Award for Fiction (2001) The Art of Making Memories

The Art of Making Memories is a life-affirming read which shows you it's easier than you think to make your life unforgettable

Starting with only two hundred pairs of handmade shoes

A good man who loves his family and his city

Plus a Temples & Shrines feature

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Fate and Triumph National Book Award for Fiction (2001) The Art of Making MemoriesDescription: Dive into these two novels that aim to triumph over fate. In The Goldfinch, Theo Decker, aged thirteen, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a