An adaptation of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning book by Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch explores the life of Theodore Decker after his mother dies in a terrorist bombing. Theodore goes first into foster care, then lives with his alcohic and exploitative father before returning to foster care. There is another CEP character in the film, too, a friend of Theodore's, Pippa, who is in both foster and kinship care.