\nJoin us at Lake Forest Book Store as \;author Christina Baker Kline presents her newest novel \;A Piece of the World \;as part of the Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale One Book\, One Community read.
Books available for purchase and signing
\nAs seating is limited\, registration is \; required.
Call 847-234-4420
\n\nFrom 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 is her family farm in the small coastal town of Cushing\, Maine. The only daughter in a family of sons\, Christina is tied to her home by health and circumstance\, and seems destined for a small life. Instead\, she becomes Andrew Wyeth'\;s first great inspiration\, and the subject of one of the best-known paintings of the twentieth century\, \;Christina'\;s World. \;As she did in her beloved bestseller \;Orphan Train\, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction to vividly reimagine a real moment in history. \;A Piece of the World \;is a powerful story of the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait\, her complicated relationship to her family and inheritance\, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.
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