Kline’s previous novel, “Orphan Train,” also emphasized lives forged in hardship. In “A Piece of the World,” Kline must dig deeper to find meaning in her heroine’s circumscribed existence, in a life played out against the backdrop of a stern, unyielding landscape. $27.99.Ĭhristina Baker Kline sets herself a stark challenge in her new novel - giving flesh to the back story of the woman who crawls across a desolate field in Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting, “Christina’s World.” Anyone who has seen this work, a landmark of midcentury realism, already knows that in the course of this novel Anna Christina Olson is unlikely to scale the peaks of high society or discover the source of the Amazon. A PIECE OF THE WORLD By Christina Baker Kline 309 pp.
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