New Releases by Christina Baker Kline

Entre 1854 et 1929, des trains sillonnaient les plaines du Midwest avec à leur bord des centaines d''orphelins. Au bout du voyage, la chance pour certains d''être accueillis dans une famille aimante, mais pour beaucoup d''autres une vie de labeur ou de servitude. Vivian Daly n''avait que 9 ans lorsqu''elle a dû prendre un de ces trains. Aujourd''hui, elle coule ses vieux jours dans une bourgade tranquille du Maine, son lourd passé relégué dans de grandes malles au grenier. Jusqu''à l''arrivée de Mollie, 17 ans, sommée par le juge de nettoyer le grenier de Mme Daly, en guise de travaux d''intérêt général. Et contre toute attente, entre l''adolescente rebelle et la vieille dame se noue une amitié improbable. Parce qu''au fond ces femmes ont beaucoup plus en commun qu''il n''y paraît... " Un roman foisonnant, une belle leçon d''optimisme et de résistance. " L''Alsace

Román z počátků kolonizace Austrálie je zároveň příběhem o milosti zrozené ze strádání, o nezničitelných poutech ženského přátelství a o síle odkazu předchozích generací. Když mladá naivní vychovatelka Evangeline otěhotní se synem svého zámožného londýnského zaměstnavatele, netuší, jak závažné to pro ni bude mít následky. Poté, co ji služka navíc křivě obviní z krádeže, je Evangeline propuštěna z práce a zatčena. S hrůzou se dozvídá, že byla odsouzena ke čtrnácti letům v australské trestanecké kolonii ve Van Diemenově zemi, dnešní Tasmánii. Je jisté, že dítě, které nosí pod srdcem, se narodí během několikaměsíční plavby. Štěstí je, že na lodi se Evangeline spřátelí s šestnáctiletou Hazel, zručnou porodní asistentkou a bylinkářkou. V době, kdy loď dorazí na místo, je mnoho místních obyvatel, Aboridžinců, násilně vytrženo z jejich přirozeného prostředí. Jednou z takových je osmiletá Mathinna, osiřelá dcera náčelníka kmene Lowreenne, kterou "adoptoval" nový guvernér Van Diemenovy země. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Londres, 1840. Grávida, a jovem governanta Evangeline definha na Penitenciária de Newgate por meses após ser acusada injustamente de roubo. Enviada para o exílio na colônia penal Terra de Van Diemen, localizada na recém-colonizada Austrália, ela embarca no navio Medeia. É onde conhece a parteira Hazel, que recebeu uma sentença de sete anos por roubar uma colher de prata. E o caminho dessas mulheres se cruza com o da menina aborígene Mathinna, cuja comunidade fora expulsa de seu território pelos colonos britânicos. Da autora best-seller do New York Times Christina Baker Kline, Exílio é uma emocionante, brutal e envolvente história que narra a devastação de toda uma terra e o nascimento de uma amizade entre mulheres vítimas de um sistema impiedoso. Mas, em meio às mudanças, nem todas serão capazes de encontrar a liberdade e um espaço seguro para si no outro lado do mundo. "Uma poderosa história sobre sofrimento e sobrevivência. Magnífica." — Heather Morris, autora de O tatuador de Auschwitz "Incrível. Recria com brilhantismo o início de uma nova sociedade." — Kristin Hannah, autora de Amigas para sempre "Uma história fascinante, contada com genialidade. A ação histórica em seu mais alto nível." — Alex George, autor de Paris Hours "Monumental. Esse fragmento da história recebe um tratamento impecável de Kline, uma das principais autoras do gênero." — Kirkus

Dans la lignée du Train des orphelins, Christina Baker Kline nous entraîne dans la Tasmanie coloniale de l''ère victorienne, sur les traces de ces " femmes de mauvaise vie " exilées par la Couronne britannique. Inspirée de faits réels, une fresque inoubliable. Pour avoir naïvement cru aux promesses d''amour de son employeur, Evangeline, jeune gouvernante anglaise, a été accusée de vol et condamnée à la déportation. Sur le navire qui l''emmène en terre australe, elle pense à ce que sera sa vie dans le " pays au-delà des mers ", qu''on dit si inhospitalier, peuplé d''indigènes et de renégats. Elle pense aussi à l''enfant qu''elle porte : saura-t-elle le protéger ? Pourra-t-elle s''appuyer sur la débrouillarde Hazel avec qui elle a noué une forte amitié lors de la traversée ? Au même moment, sur l''île Flinders, au large de l''Australie, Mathinna, une orpheline aborigène, est elle aussi retenue prisonnière. Arrachée à sa tribu, la petite a été adoptée par le gouverneur et son épouse, qui entendent bien la civiliser à tout prix. Ces trois femmes l''ignorent encore, mais leur sort est inextricablement lié. Sur ces terres soumises à la folie des hommes, elles auront besoin de toutes leurs forces, de tout leur courage pour survivre et se frayer un chemin vers la liberté.

London 1840: Die junge Hebamme Hazel wird wegen Diebstahls zu einer Haftstrafe in einer australischen Sträflingskolonie verurteilt – eine Verbannung ans Ende der Welt. Der Schiffsalltag auf der Überfahrt ist hart, und die verurteilten Frauen sind der männlichen Besatzung schutzlos ausgeliefert. Trost und Freundschaft findet Hazel bei Evangeline, einer schwangeren Mitgefangenen. Sie verspricht der ehemaligen Gouvernante, ihr Kind sicher in die neue Welt zu bringen. Doch das Schicksal stellt die Frauen auf eine harte Probe, und als Hazel in Australien an Land geht, steht sie schon bald vor der schwersten Entscheidung ihres Lebens ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION BY BRUNA PAPANDREA, THE PRODUCER OF HBO''S BIG LITTLE LIES “A tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise … Kline takes full advantage of fiction — its freedom to create compelling characters who fully illuminate monumental events to make history accessible and forever etched in our minds." — Houston Chronicle The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant novel about three women whose lives are bound together in nineteenth-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society. Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to “the land beyond the seas,” Van Diemen’s Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long voyage to this distant land. During the journey on a repurposed slave ship, the Medea, Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, a girl little older than her former pupils who was sentenced to seven years transport for stealing a silver spoon. Canny where Evangeline is guileless, Hazel—a skilled midwife and herbalist—is soon offering home remedies to both prisoners and sailors in return for a variety of favors. Though Australia has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers its fledgling colony uninhabited and unsettled, and views the natives as an unpleasant nuisance. By the time the Medea arrives, many of them have been forcibly relocated, their land seized by white colonists. One of these relocated people is Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, who has been adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land. In this gorgeous novel, Christina Baker Kline brilliantly recreates the beginnings of a new society in a beautiful and challenging land, telling the story of Australia from a fresh perspective, through the experiences of Evangeline, Hazel, and Mathinna. While life in Australia is punishing and often brutally unfair, it is also, for some, an opportunity: for redemption, for a new way of life, for unimagined freedom. Told in exquisite detail and incisive prose, The Exiles is a story of grace born from hardship, the unbreakable bonds of female friendships, and the unfettering of legacy.

Christina Olson világa nem terjed túl családja Isten háta mögötti farmján a Maine-i tengerparton. A súlyos betegsége miatt mozgáskorlátozott nő napjai csendesen telnek, miközben két világháború és egy gazdasági világválság söpör végig a Földön. Ám ez az átlagos, akár jelentéktelennek is tűnő élet lesz az ihletője a 20. század egyik leghíresebb festményének, az amerikai vidéket megragadó Christina világának. Az Árvák vonatával világhírnevet szerző Christina Baker Kline új regénye nem csupán az ikonikus festmény keletkezésének történetét meséli el, hanem egy hétköznapiságában is rendkívüli életet idéz meg: egy nő történetét, aki a család, a kötelesség és a saját beteg teste csapdájában vergődik. A regény ugyanazt nyújtja, amit Andrew Wyeth remekműve: a szeretet és a vágyódás egész univerzumát ábrázolja egy látszólag egyszerű jelenetben.

Après l''immense succès du Train des orphelins, Christina Baker Kline recrée l''histoire de l''une des muses les plus célèbres, et les plus mystérieuses, de la peinture américaine du XX e siècle. Un roman fascinant et plein de tendresse sur l''amitié, le regard de l''autre et la force de l''art. Du monde, Christina Olson n''a rien vu. Paralysée depuis l''enfance, elle vit recluse dans la ferme familiale, perchée sur une falaise du Maine. Sa seule ouverture sur l''extérieur : une pièce remplie de coquillages et de trésors rapportés des mers du Sud par ses ancêtres, farouches marins épris d''aventures, et dont les histoires nourrissent ses rêves d''ailleurs. L''arrivée de nouveaux voisins, la pétillante Betsy et son fiancé, le jeune peintre Andrew Wyeth, va bouleverser le quotidien de cette femme solitaire. Alors qu''une amitié naît entre elle et le couple, Christina s''interroge : pourra-t-elle jamais accéder à la demande d''Andrew de devenir son modèle ? Comment accepter de voir son corps brisé devenir l''objet d''étude d''un artiste, d''un homme ? L''art est le reflet de l''âme. Et sur la toile, Christina redoute de voir apparaître ses failles, et celle qu''elle aurait tant désiré être...

Die abgeschiedene Farm ihrer Familie in Maine ist die einzige Welt, die Christina Olson kennt. Eine seltene Krankheit schränkt ihren Radius extrem ein und verhindert, dass sie diesen kleinen Kosmos verlassen kann. Als ihre ersehnte Verlobung in die Brüche geht, platzt ihre letzte Hoffnung, der klaustrophobischen Enge ihres Lebens zu entkommen. Doch dank ihres unbeugsamen Willens gelingt es Christina, sich eine ganz eigene Welt zu erschaffen – in deren Mittelpunkt die tiefe Freundschaft mit dem Maler Andrew Wyeth steht. Er zeigt ihr, dass es mehr als eine Art gibt zu lieben, und verewigt sie in einem der berühmtesten amerikanischen Gemälde des 20. Jahrhunderts.

La autora de El tren de los huérfanos ofrece una historia inolvidable, inspirada en un cuadro tan fascinante como misterioso. Para Christina Olson, el mundo se reducía al lugar donde había nacido: la granja familiar en Cushing, un pequeño pueblo costero de Maine. Aquejada por una enfermedad que le producía una creciente incapacidad, parecía destinada a una vida limitada. Sin embargo, durante más de dos décadas Christina fue la inspiración del artista Andrew Wyeth, quien la retrató en uno de los cuadros más conocidos del siglo XX en Estados Unidos. Con una prosa evocativa y lúcida, Un rincón del mundo revela a la mujer de carne y hueso detrás de esa misteriosa joven que parece arrastrarse sobre una pradera, con su cuerpo vuelto hacia una casa en lo alto de una colina. ChristinaBaker Kline, que emocionó a más de dos millones de lectores con su novela El tren de los huérfanos, vuelve a entrelazar realidad y ficción para ofrecernos la historia de la singular relación de una mujer que se resistió a ser definida por su enfermedad, con uno de los más destacados artistas de su tiempo.

This young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year-old woman. Adapted and condensed for a young audience, Orphan Train Girl includes an author’s note and archival photos from the orphan train era. This book is especially perfect for mother/daughter reading groups. Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it’s her attitude that’s the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she’s had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly’s forced to help an a wealthy elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. But from the moment they meet, Molly realizes that Vivian isn’t like any of the adults she’s encountered before. Vivian asks Molly questions about her life and actually listens to the answers. Soon Molly sees they have more in common than she thought. Vivian was once an orphan, too—an Irish immigrant to New York City who was put on a so-called "orphan train" to the Midwest with hundreds of other children—and she can understand, better than anyone else, the emotional binds that have been making Molly’s life so hard. Together, they not only clear boxes of past mementos from Vivian’s attic, but forge a path of friendship, forgiveness, and new beginnings.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A must-read for anyone who loves history and art.” --Kristin Hannah From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and iconic painting Christina’s World. "Later he told me that he’d been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn’t like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape of wheatgrass and timothy. That dilapidated house in the distance, looming up like a secret that won’t stay hidden." To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family’s remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known American paintings of the twentieth century. As she did in her beloved smash bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful novel that illuminates a little-known part of America’s history. Bringing into focus the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, she vividly imagines the life of a woman with a complicated relationship to her family and her past, and a special bond with one of our greatest modern artists. Told in evocative and lucid prose, A Piece of the World is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.

Since the publication of her smash international bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline has met with countless readers and book clubs and is often asked the same question about a key decision one of her protagonists makes in Orphan Train. Christina has longed to write a scene in which she clarifies Vivian’s motivations. Now, in this newly released scene and within the book itself, she gives her readers new insights into Vivian’s thoughts and feelings behind that fateful decision.

En gripende fortelling om et uvanlig vennskap. 17 år gamle Molly Ayer har bodd i tolv forskjellige fosterhjem. Hun er blitt jult opp, hun har måttet sove i en iskald vinterhage, og en fosterfar lærte henne å rulle jointer. Nå har hun blitt dømt til samfunnsstraff for å stjele en bok på biblioteket. Hun skal hjelpe en eldre kvinne med å rydde på loftet. Vivian Daly er 91 år gammel og kjenner seg igjen i unge Molly. Hun ble tidlig foreldreløs etter at hele familien døde i en brann. Sammen med hundrevis av andre barn ble hun satt på et tog i New York og fraktet til Midtvesten. Alt ble tatt fra henne, til og med navnet hennes. Siden har hun forsøkt å fortrenge det vonde hun måtte gjennomgå. Mens de sorterer eiendeler på loftet, vekkes gamle minner til liv. Molly bestemmer seg for å hjelpe Vivian med å finne svar på spørsmålene som har tynget henne hele livet ... «En av de sterkeste bøkene jeg noen gang har lest … Jeg anmoder deg, nei, bønnfaller deg om å velge denne boken neste gang. Du kommer til å snakke om den i årevis!» Naples Daily News (FL) «Fengslende … En inderlig sidevender om to kvinners søken etter røttene sine.» Publishers Weekly « ... en dramatisk, følelsesladd fortelling fra en forsømt del av den amerikanske historien.» Kirkus Reviews «En engasjerende historie om tap, tilpasning og mot … Med empati og finfølelse presenterer Kline et lite kjent kapittel i amerikansk historie, og trekker paralleller til vårt moderne fosterhjemssystem.» Library Journal “En skatt.” Huffington Post "Dette er en varm, givende og inspirerende historie." The New Maine Times Book Review

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel of love, risk, and self-discovery. Angela can feel the clock ticking. She is single in New York City, stuck in a job she doesn''t want and a life that seems to have, somehow, just happened. She inherited a flair for Italian cooking from her grandmother, but she never seems to have the time for it--these days, her oven holds only sweaters. Tacked to her office bulletin board is a photo from a magazine of a tidy cottage on the coast of Maine--a charming reminder of a life that could be hers, if she could only muster the courage to go after it. On a hope and a chance, Angela decides to pack it all up and move to Maine, finding the nudge she needs in the dating profile of a handsome sailor who loves dogs and Italian food. But her new home isn''t quite matching up with the fantasy. Far from everything familiar, Angela begins to rebuild her life from the ground up. Working at a local coffeehouse, she begins to discover the pleasures and secrets of her new small-town community and, in the process, realizes there''s really no such thing as the way life should be.

New York 1929. När Vivians familj tragiskt omkommer i en brand sätts hon, tillsammans med många andra föräldralösa barn, på ett tåg. De färdas genom USA och auktioneras ut i städerna de passerar. Allra sist blir 9-åriga Vivian vald och hon sätts snabbt i arbete som sömmerska. Men när depressionen drabbar landet och beställningarna sinar skickas hon vidare. Och vidare. Ska hon någonsin hitta en plats där hon känner sig som hemma? Maine 2011. När 17-åriga Molly tvingas till samhällstjänst, är det droppen för hennes fostermor. Av rädsla för att än en gång behöva flytta går hon med på att städa vinden hos den numera 91-åriga Vivian. Ju mer hon börjar rota bland Vivians gamla saker, desto tydligare inser Molly att de har mer gemensamt än hon någonsin kunnat ana.

Vivian Daly es una anciana de 91 años y Molly, de 17, es una joven problemática que vive con una familia de acogida. Vivian y Molly se conocen cuando esta última, condenada a realizar trabajos sociales por haber tratado de robar un libro en la biblioteca local, acepta encargarse de la limpieza de la buhardilla de la anciana. A medida que trabaja, ella y Vivian empiezan a compartir la historia de sus vidas, que tiene muchos puntos en común. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION When young, Vivian, an Irish orphaned immigrant in New York City, was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Seventeen-year-old Molly knows that a community-service position will keep her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian, now 91, to sort through her keepsakes and possessions, discovers that she and Vivian aren''t as different as they appear. Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.

Ein bewegender Roman über ein vergessenes Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte New York, 1929: Mit neun Jahren verliert Vivian Daly, Tochter irischer Einwanderer, bei einem Wohnungsbrand ihre gesamte Familie. Gemeinsam mit anderen Waisen wird sie kurzerhand in einen Zug verfrachtet und in den Mittleren Westen geschickt, wo die Kinder auf dem Land ein neues Zuhause finden sollen. Doch es ist eine Reise ins Ungewisse, denn nur die wenigsten von ihnen erwartet ein liebevolles Heim. Und auch Vivian stehen schwere Bewährungsproben bevor ... Erst viele Jahrzehnte später eröffnet sich für die inzwischen Einundneunzigjährige in der Begegnung mit der rebellischen Molly die Möglichkeit, das Schweigen über ihr Schicksal zu brechen.

Em 1929, Nova Iorque é uma cidade vibrante mas cruel para com os mais fracos. O número de órfãos a viver nas ruas multiplica-se. Demasiado visíveis, estas crianças são um incómodo para o qual é encontrada uma solução radical. Em comboios que partem rumo ao interior dos Estados Unidos, os órfãos são amontoados e oferecidos a quem os quiser receber, os seus destinos entregues a desconhecidos, as suas vidas à mercê do acaso. Vivian teve em tempos um lar e uma família. Após o incêndio que matou os seus pais e a deixou só no mundo, ela passa a ser apenas mais uma entre as centenas de crianças forçadas a embarcar no “Comboio dos Órfãos. Décadas depois, Molly Ayer, uma jovem que não conhece outro sentimento que não a rejeição das famílias de acolhimento por onde passa, é acusada de roubar um livro. Ela sabe que, agora, ninguém a defenderá. Com aquele livro, morrem também os seus sonhos. O fio do destino vai ligar estas duas mulheres. Vivian e Molly são mais parecidas do que imaginam. E no dia em que Molly decide solucionar o grande enigma do passado de Vivian, sem o saber, vai encontrar a sua própria salvação. Um relato épico centrado numa realidade da História americana há muito esquecida... Christina Baker Kline nasceu em Cambridge e cresceu dividindo o seu tempo entre a Grã-Bretanha e os Estados Unidos. Foi professora de Escrita Criativa, Literatura Inglesa, Teoria da Literatura e Estudos de Género nas universidades de Yale, Drew e NYU. Para além do seu trabalho como ensaísta e editora, é autora de cinco romances. Vive em Nova Jérsia com o marido e os filhos.

Wanneer de negentigjarige Vivian Daly de zolder van haar landhuis wil opruimen, krijgt ze hulp van de zeventienjarige, tegendraadse Molly. De zolder blijkt vol te liggen met aandenkens aan Vivians turbulente leven, van een oude kinderjas tot brieven van haar grote liefde. Ze begint te vertellen over haar arme Ierse familie, die per boot naar New York vertrok en daar omkwam bij een brand. Vivian bleef als wees achter en werd kort daarop met de `kindertrein naar het Midden-Westen gebracht, omdat daar een beter leven zou wachten. Niets was minder waar. Ademloos luistert Molly naar haar verhaal en ze ontdekt dat haar leven en dat van Vivian meer op elkaar lijken dan ze ooit had gedacht. Met De kindertrein heeft Christina Baker Kline een krachtige roman geschreven over weerbaarheid, nieuwe kansen en onverwachte vriendschap. `De kindertrein is een ontroerende pageturner over twee vrouwen op zoek naar een thuis. Publishers Weekly Tussen 1854 en 1929 reden er zogeheten `kindertreinen vanuit de steden aan de oostkust naar het Midden-Westen, met duizenden wezen aan boord wiens lot slechts bepaald werd door het toeval.

Orphan Train is a good read for those that want a bit of bittersweet storytelling. Kline sets up a good story of orphan?s past, and the struggle to find identity, friendship, and acceptance in a world that is so often cold. You?re introduced to Molly, and her struggles in the foster care system, the law, and trying to find hope. The story pulls at your heart, and is really an up and down ride of emotions. Kline does well here, and the summary illuminates the power of the emotions that are in the novel. It?s hard to read and not have a visceral reaction, as the characters seem so real, and when the sadness prevails, you feel it.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller Now featuring a sneak peek at Christina''s forthcoming novel The Exiles, coming August 2020. “A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of America’s history. Beautiful.”—Ann Packer Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adolescence of hard labor and servitude? As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child, sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine, the memories of her upbringing rendered a hazy blur. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren''t as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship.

For a limited time, and at a special price, discover Christina Baker Kline''s The Way Life Should Be with Bonus Material. Plus, receive an excerpt from Christina Baker Kline''s new book Orphan Train, available April 2nd. In The Way Life Should Be, Angela Russo finds herself in Maine thanks to a sailing instructor, an impulse, and an idea that in Maine, people live "the way life should be." But reality on Mount Desert Island is not what she expected. Far from everything familiar, Angela begins to rebuild her life from the ground up. Relying on the flair for Italian cooking she inherited from her grandmother, she begins to discover the pleasures and secrets of her new small community—and to connect her heritage to a future she is only beginning to envision.

Vivian Daly es una anciana de 91 años y Molly, de 17, es una joven problemática que vive con una familia de acogida. Vivian y Molly se conocen cuando esta última, condenada a realizar trabajos sociales por haber tratado de robar un libro en la biblioteca local, acepta encargarse de la limpieza de la buhardilla de la anciana. A medida que trabaja, ella y Vivian empiezan a compartir la historia de sus vidas, que tiene muchos puntos en común. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Vivian, an Irish orphaned immigrant in NYC, was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck. Seventeen-year-old Molly knows that a community-service position will keep her out of juvenile hall. Orphan Train is a powerful tale of unexpected friendship.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about friendship and the memories that haunt us. On the night of her high school graduation, Kathryn Campbell sits around a bonfire with her four closest friends, including the beautiful but erratic Jennifer. “I’ll be fine,” Jennifer says, as she walks away from the dying embers and towards the darkness of the woods. She never came back. Ten years after Jennifer’s unexplained disappearance, Kathryn is a grad-school dropout living in Virginia, stuck in a dead-end writing job and marriage. She has few close friends; most people have learned not to depend on her. When she decides to leave her husband, she ships her boxes to her mother’s house in Bangor, Maine. She has nowhere else to go. When Kathryn returns home, her former classmates are preparing for their ten-year reunion. Old questions about graduation night surface. Jennifer begins to dominate Kathryn’s life, just as she did in high school. Enigmatic and troubled, Jennifer had always depended on Kathryn’s devotion and asked for sacrifices. A decade after Jennifer walked into the woods alone, Kathryn decides that she must follow her friend’s lead, one last time. Involving herself in the daily rhythms of small-town life, Kathryn begins an investigation into her past. She renews contacts with old friends and teachers, using her skills as a journalist to reconstruct the life that she and Jennifer shared. Kathryn knows that she must examine what she knew about her friend, and what she didn’t. She must decide what she is willing to risk to know the truth. She must decide what her own future is worth. With nothing left to lose, she is determined to answer one simple question: What ever happened to Jennifer Pelletier?

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, and the critically acclaimed author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be, comes a novel about buried secrets and the redemptive power of forgiveness—includes a special PS section featuring insights, interviews, and more. Cassie Simon is a struggling artist living in New York City. When she receives a call from a magistrate in Sweetwater, TN, telling her she has inherited sixty acres of land from her grandfather, whom she never knew, she takes it as a sign: it’s time for a change. She moves into the house where her mother, Ellen, was born—and where she died tragically when Cassie was three. From the moment she arrives in Sweetwater, Cassie is overwhelmed by the indelible mark her mother’s memory had left behind. As she delves into the thicket of mystery that surrounds her mother’s death, Cassie begins to understand the desperate measures the human heart is capable of.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, and the critically acclaimed author of The Way Life Should Be, comes a novel about the choices we make, how they shape our lives, and how they can change them forever—includes a special PS section featuring insights, interviews, and more. Four people, two marriages, one lifelong friendship: Everything is about to change. It was dark. It was raining. It was just an accident. On the drive home from a rare evening out, Alison collides with another car running a stop sign, and—just like that—her life turns upside down. When she calls her husband from the police station, his accusatory tone reveals cracks in their relationship she’d never noticed were there. Now she notices everything. And she begins to realize that the life she carefully constructed for herself is as tenuous as a house of cards. Exquisitely written, powerful, and thrilling, Bird in Hand is a novel about love and friendship and betrayal, and about the secrets we tell ourselves and each other.

Essays by such literary figures as Christopher Buckley and Susan Fromberg Schaeffer explore particular experiences of child rearing and ponder the reasoning behind parenting rather than the methods

The first book to take an honest, in-depth look at the difficulties and rewards of being a feminist mother and to ask prominent feminist daughters whether their mother''s vision was successfully or unsuccessfully transmitted to them while growing up. Sisterhood, not motherhood, has been the focus of American feminism for the past twenty-five years. In fact, during the 70s many feminists viewed motherhood as a hindrance to women''s progress toward equality, an attitude that alienated legions of potentially feminist women by ignoring--even disparaging--the needs and concerns of those who were mothers. Nevertheless, many of those women had daughters who now have come of age and are reshaping the women''s movement to suit their needs. The passing of the torch has not been entirely smooth, however. As young women define an agenda of their own, they also find themselves having to assess the legacy of their foremothers--for better and for worse. In "The Conversation Begins, Christina Looper Baker and her daughter, Christina Baker Kline, draw on talks with a diverse range of over sixty women of both generations, asking provocative, often painful questions in an attempt to bridge the gap between them. Revealing first-person narratives based on interviews with twenty-two sets of feminist mothers and daughters--including Paula Gunn Allen, Letty Pogrebin, Naomi Wolf, Barbara Ehrenreich, Marilyn French, Tillie Olsen, Joy Harjo, and many others--comprise the heart of this magnificent testament to the strength of American feminism and the bond between feminist mothers and daughters.