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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.

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.

Feeling stuck in her personal life and career, thirty-three-year-old Angela pursues a seemingly idyllic online relationship with a sailing instructor from Maine, relocates there, and learns important truths about understanding her own heart in finding happiness.

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.

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 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 Exiles comes a novel about the choices we make, how they shape our lives, and how they can change them forever. 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, Charlie, 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. The only thing Charlie can focus on these days is his secret, sudden affair with Claire, Alison’s best friend. Bold where Alison is reserved, vibrant where Alison is cautious, Claire has just had her first novel published, a thinly veiled retelling of her childhood in North Carolina. But even in the whirlwind of publication, Claire can’t stop wondering if she should leave her husband, Ben, an ambitious architect who is brilliant, kind, and meticulous. And who wants nothing more than a baby, or two—exactly the kind of life that Charlie and Alison seem to have. As they set out on their individual journeys, Alison, Charlie, Claire, and Ben explore the idea—each in his or her own way—that every moment of loss contains within it the possibility of a new life. Alternating through these four intertwined perspectives, Bird in Hand is an exquisitely written, powerful, and thrilling novel about love, friendship and betrayal, and about the secrets we tell ourselves and each other.

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.

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.

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.

Una novela cautivadora inspirada en hechos históricos que nos habla de pérdidas, de segundas oportunidades y de amistad inesperada que ha deslumbrado a más de un millón y medio de lectores en Estados Unidos. Entre 1854 y 1929, los llamados trenes de huérfanos partieron regularmente de las ciudades de la Costa Este de Estados Unidos hacia las tierras de labranza del Medio Oeste, llevando miles de niños abandonados cuyos destinos quedarían determinados por la fortuna o el azar. ¿Serían adoptados por una familia amable y afectuosa, o se enfrentarían a una adolescencia de trabajo duro y servidumbre? La inmigrante irlandesa Vivian Daly fue uno de esos niños, enviada por ferrocarril desde Nueva York hacia un futuro incierto a un mundo de distancia. Ahora, muchas décadas más tarde, Vivian es una anciana que lleva una vida tranquila y apacible en la costa de Maine, y los acontecimientos de su infancia se han convertido en un recuerdo vago. Sin embargo, en arcones de su desván se ocultan vestigios de un pasado turbulento. Molly Ayer, una joven de diecisiete años, sabe que cumplir con un servicio a la comunidad ayudando a una anciana viuda a ordenar sus trastos es lo único que puede salvarla de terminar en un centro de menores. Pero a medida que Molly ayuda a Vivian a revisar sus recuerdos y posesiones, descubre que ambas tienen mucho en común. Molly, una india Penobscot que ha pasado su adolescencia entrando y saliendo de casas de acogida, también ha sido educada por desconocidos y tiene preguntas sobre su pasado de las que aún no ha obtenido respuesta. El tren de los huérfanos es una novela sobresaliente que, gracias al boca a boca y las recomendaciones delos libreros, se convirtió en best seller en Estados Unidos y todavía se mantiene entre los libros más vendidos. Reseñas: «Una historia conmovedora sobre la pérdida, la capacidad de adaptación y el valor, narrada con compasión y delicadeza.» Library Journal «Una de las novelas más impresionantes que he leído jamás.» Naples Daily News «Una novela emocionante y cautivadora.» Publishers Weekly «Kline construye una historia dramática y emotiva a partir de un poco explorado rincón de la historia estadounidense.» Kirkus Reviews «Atrapa el corazón y la mente.» Romantic Times «Admirable.» Cleveland Plain Dealer

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

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. Christina Baker 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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...

u200bDe l''Irlande des années 1920 au Maine des années 2000, en passant par les plaines du Midwest meurtries par la Grande Dépression, un roman ample, lumineux, où s''entremêlent les voix de deux orphelines pour peindre un épisode méconnu de l''histoire américaine. 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 quelques-uns d''être accueillis dans une famille aimante, mais pour beaucoup d''autres une vie de labeur, ou de servitude. Vivian Daly n''avait que neuf ans lorsqu''on l''a mise dans un de ces trains. Elle vit aujourd''hui 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, dix-sept 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''ado rebelle et la vieille dame se noue une amitié improbable. C''est qu''au fond, ces deux-là ont beaucoup plus en commun qu''il n''y paraît, à commencer par une enfance dévastée...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

In de roman De bannelingen van Christina Baker Kline wordt een jonge Britse gouvernante vals beschuldigd van diefstal en verbannen naar een strafkolonie in Australië. De overtocht is vol ontberingen. De bannelingen is de nieuwe, onvergetelijke roman van Christina Baker Kline, de auteur van de #1 New York Times-bestseller De kindertrein. De bannelingen speelt zich af in het Engeland en Australië van de negentiende eeuw, toen Britse veroordeelden naar Australië werden verbannen. Londen, 1840. De jonge gouvernante Evangeline raakt ongehuwd zwanger en wordt valselijk beschuldigd van diefstal, waarna ze wordt veroordeeld tot ballingschap op Van Diemensland, een strafkolonie op een eiland bij Australië. Tijdens de overtocht raakt ze bevriend met de strijdvaardige Hazel en ze ontfermen zich over elkaar. Hazel is wereldwijs maar heeft een hart van goud, en ze raakt bevriend met Mathinna, een Aboriginalmeisje dat ‘geadopteerd’ is door de nieuwe gouverneur. De veelbewogen levens van deze drie krachtige vrouwen worden met elkaar verbonden in hun strijd voor vrijheid en een nieuw leven. Met De bannelingen schreef Christina Baker Kline een verbluffende roman over onverbrekelijke vriendschap en het loslaten van je verleden. ''Indertijd heb ik genoten van Christina Baker Klines roman De kindertrein. Deze doet daar beslist niet voor onder, integendeel. Prachtig mengt de auteur feit en fictie tot een heftig, indrukwekkend verhaal over met minachting behandelde vrouwen in een wrede mannenmaatschappij. Een aanwinst voor je bibliotheek.'' – Nederlands Dagblad ''Hoopvol en hartverscheurend tegelijkertijd.'' – Library Journal ''Grandioos! Deze fascinerende negentiende-eeuwse variant van Orange Is the New Black is subtiel, intelligent en overrompelend.'' – Kirkus Reviews

La prima volta che si vedono è a casa di Christina. È una bella giornata di luglio e Andrew Wyeth è un giovane artista esile e sorridente, che bussa alla porta della fattoria in cerca di un po'' d''acqua per diluire i colori. Tra loro scatta subito qualcosa di speciale: il pittore è completamente ammaliato da Olson House e dai suoi singolari abitanti. Blocco sotto al braccio e pennelli in mano, Andy torna molte altre volte, da solo o con la moglie, per ritrarre quella casa piena di fascino, popolata da antichi ricordi e misteriose leggende. Christina vive sola col fratello, in un mondo piccolo nel quale il suo corpo fragile e ferito può orientarsi a occhi chiusi. Così diversi, Andy e Christina, eppure così simili: due spiriti curiosi, vivaci e resilienti, tra cui nasce un''intensa amicizia. Andy spezza la monotonia delle sue giornate, apprezza l''intelligenza e l''arguzia di Christina senza mai compatirla per il suo handicap fisico. Ma, soprattutto, è l''unico a chiederle davvero: «Chi è Christina Olson?», e a rimanerle vicino tanto a lungo per scoprirlo. La risposta è immortalata nel dipinto a lei dedicato. Quello che diventò uno dei quadri americani più famosi di tutti i tempi. Baker Kline dà voce a questa donna emblematica e misteriosa in un capolavoro che intreccia finzione e verità storica. Un romanzo capace di evocare un piccolo frammento di mondo dai sentimenti universali.

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.