The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh defined both brothers' lives. As a confidant, champion, sympathizer, and friend, Theo financially and emotionally supported his older brother as the artistic but troubled Vincent struggled to find his path in life as both a painter and a man. Throughout that struggle, the brothers shared everything - swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Drawing on the 658 letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime, Deborah Heiligman weaves a meticulously researched tale of those two intertwined lives and the extraordinary love that fueled them.

Threshold -- Entresol: A glimpse into the future -- Beginnings (1852-1872) -- Dangers (1873-1875) -- Missteps, stumbles (1875-1879) -- Fissures (1879-1880) -- The quest (1880-1882) -- Storms (1882-1883) -- Endings and beginnings (1884-1885) -- An expanded palette (1885-1887) -- Bonds (1887-1888) -- Passions (1888) -- Abundances (1888-1889) -- Futures (1890) -- A sense of the finite (1890) -- Remains (1890-1891) -- Exit -- People -- Vincent and Theo's journey.