Christina Baker Kline
As she did in her beloved bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in her new novel, A Piece of the World. It’s the haunting and memorable tale of Christina Olson, the flesh-and-blood woman behind Andrew Wyeth’s best known painting, Christina’s World. Baker Kline’s essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Money, More, and Psychology Today.
Baker Kline is a graduate of Yale University, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia. She has taught at Yale, NYU, and the University of Virginia, and served as Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University. She is a recipient of Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowships and Writer-in-Residence Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and three sons.
“A Piece of the World is a story for those who want the mysterious made real.” – The New York Times Book Review. “Another winner from the author of Orphan Train.” – People. “It is a masterpiece.” – Historical Novel Society
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A Piece of the World
As she did in her beloved bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in her new novel, A Piece of the World. It’s the haunting and memorable tale of Christina Olson, the flesh-and-blood woman behind Andrew Wyeth’s best known painting, Christina’s World. Baker Kline’s essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Money, More, and Psychology Today. Baker Kline is a graduate of Yale University, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia.
