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A Piece of the World
A Piece of the World
Author: Christina Baker Kline
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 ...  more »

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.
ISBN-13: 9780062663764
ISBN-10: 0062663763
Publication Date: 2/21/2017
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 23
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A wonderful, heartwarming read. The characters in this book are based on actual characters and there experiences during a lifetime. The main character, Christina Olson is a strong determined soul, working to get through day to day, fighting to care for her family and maintain her dignity.
Meeting obstacles, that would stump others, she fights to protect her family and her property.
Although a work of fiction and fact entwined the author has incorporated elements of both to bring life to this novel.
Once you start reading it, you will have a difficult time putting itdown.


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