This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
As well as being selected as Amazon’s book of the year in 2013 and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014, Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is currently shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. In other words, this is a book you should definitely have on your TBR pile. Fortunately, the lovely folks at the Baileys Prize have given us two copies to give away!
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love – and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
To enter the competition, leave a comment telling us why you'd like to win.This is for entrants in the UK only and the last day for entries will be next Friday 30 May. Winners will be contacted via the email address used to enter.
Best of luck!