Theo of Golden: A Novel Day Halloween Fern has weathered the stillness

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

She’s cute

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

An Atria Book

Theo of Golden: A Novel Day Halloween Fern has weathered the stillnessOne 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,