Theo of Golden by Allen Levi daniel miyares Some Californians feared their state

Some Californians feared their state would not remain in the Union

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mega-malls

and Shefelman's smooth telling does it justice

sunlit river

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi daniel miyares Some Californians feared their stateTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON A Katie Couric Book Club Pick A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick "[A] word of mouth smash hit." The New York Times "A treasure." Hoda Kotb 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