The Goldfinch Condition:New In the words of Fortune

In the words of Fortune magazine: Parachute remains the gold standard of career guides

and Michael alive

most of us encounter nearly 200 lies a day

waiting for the red telephone to ring in his parents' house

Hope's brother

The Goldfinch Condition:New In the words of FortuneTheo 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 a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws