The Friends of the Rosendale Library
Invites you to
Read and Discuss
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn’t explain much about where he came from or why he’s there-but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he
asks only for the person’s story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered. A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder.
Sunday, November 8, 2026
2:00 pm-3:30pm
Rosendale Library
Free
Print copies of this book are available to borrow through the Mid-Hudson Library system, as well as ebook and audiobook versions. Ask at the
circulation desk for assistance if needed. Contact info@rosendalelibrary.org for further information.