A Piece of the World

Author(s): Christina Baker Kline

Historical Fiction

The breathtaking new novel from the bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN. No one can unearth little known moments in history like Christina Baker Kline and illuminate them so perfectly. For decades, Christina Olson's whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave. As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love. Years pass and Christina's solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other...From the bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN comes a luminous portrait of a woman of grit and grace, as heartwarming as it is gripping. A story that allows the reader to marvel at Andrew Wyeth's iconic portrait from the other side.


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'A PIECE OF THE WORLD is a graceful, moving and powerful demonstration of what can happen when a fearless literary imagination combines with an inexhaustible curiosity about the past and the human heart: a feat of time travel, a bravura improvisation on the theme of art history, a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Christina Baker Kline to come along and tell it' MICHAEL CHABON 'With remarkable precision and compassion, A PIECE OF THE WORLD transports us to a mid-century farmhouse on the coast of Maine. But just like the painting that inspired it, this novel is about so much more. It's about the terrors and injustices of childhood, the aches of adulthood, the regrets of middle age. It's a story about a woman trapped by family and duty and her own ailing body. It's a book about the facades we erect despite our desire to be seen ... Christina Baker Kline has accomplished something grand' Nathan Hill, author of The Nix Praise for Christina Baker Kline: 'A deeply emotional story drawn from the shadows' Kirkus Reviews 'Absorbing ... a heartfelt page-turner' Publishers Weekly 'A gem' Huffington Post 'Evocative writing' New York Times Book Review 'Intensely heart-wrenching' Romantic Times, Top Pick 'A heartfelt page-turner' Publishers Weekly

Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train. Her other novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, and Sweet Water

General Fields

  • : 9780008220075
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : The Borough Press
  • : 0.27
  • : December 2016
  • : 221mm X 153mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Christina Baker Kline
  • : Paperback
  • : 317
  • : en
  • : 813
  • : General Adult
  • : 328