A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline was chosen for reading and discussion by our book club at my church. The pretext for Kline’s seventh novel is absolutely fascinating. You may be familiar with the painting by Andrew Wyeth entitled “Christina’s World”/5(K). Plot Summary Part 1. Christina is a crippled girl who grows up on a farm in a small town in Maine. She walks with difficulty and has difficulty using her hands. As with many works of "literature", this book vastly overuses the flashback and flash-forward technique. A Piece of the World. This instant New York Times bestseller is a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and iconic painting Christina’s World. To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family’s remote farm in .
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline Summary Study Guide. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of A Piece of the World; Plot Summary Part 1. Christina is a crippled girl who grows up on a farm in a small town in Maine. She walks with difficulty and has difficulty using her hands. As with many works of "literature", this book vastly overuses. A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline As Christina tells the story, as her young and old selves converge, there is a steady progression, a sort of painful trek along a dark and narrowing. Christina Baker Kline is the author of six novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train as well as A Piece of the World. She lives outside New York City and spends as much time as possible on the coast of Maine. Learn more about Christina at bltadwin.ru
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. A #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and. A Piece of the World is a story for those who want the mysterious made real.” -- New York Times Book Review “Another winner from the author of Orphan Train. In this beautifully observed fictional memoir, Kline uses Andrew Wyeths’ iconic painting Christina’s World as the taking-off point for a moving portrait of the artist’s real-life muse. It’s called “Trespassing in Christina’s World,” because we literally trespassed in Christina’s world. The house was not open to the public and we had a picnic down on the grass where Christina had been. I grew up knowing that painting. Of course my name is Christina. My mother and my grandmother are also named Christina.
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