Bøger af Christina Baker Kline

Den ene er 17, den anden er 91, men de har mere til fælles, end de tror.Plejebarnet Molly bliver efter et tyveri fra det lokale bibliotek idømt samfundstjeneste, hvor hun skal hjælpe Vivian med at rydde op på hendes loft.Loftet er proppet med kasser fra Vivians lange liv, og efterhånden som lågene kommer af, udfoldes en stærk historie om ensomhed og modstandskraft. Vivian var nemlig et ”togbarn”: I begyndelsen af 1900-tallets USA gennede man forældreløse og gadebørn sammen og satte dem på tog, der kørte tværs gennem Midtvesten. På hver perron stod familier klar til at tage et barn for en skilling– en stærk dreng til marken, en nuttet lille baby … eller en pige, man kunne bruge, som man ville. For børnene i togetkunne næste stop betyde håb, lykke og familie – eller ensomhed, overgreb og et ødelagt liv.Vivians fortid fletter sig sammen med Mollys nutidshistorie i en gribende beretning om længslen efter et hjem, hvor mankan være, høre til og måske blive elsket.Romanen er baseret på og inspireret af virkelige hændelser, der fandt sted i USA mellem 1854 og 1929: Forfatteren Christina Baker Kline opdagede under et besøg hos svigerfamilien,at hendes mands bedstefar havde været et af de circa 200.000 børn, der blev sat på toget mod en uvis skæbne.ROMANEN, ALLE ELSKER:• På New York Times bestsellerliste – i mere end 90 uger. Heraf 1 år i Top 5• Har solgt 2 millioner eksemplarer i USA

Fås i anden udgave. Isbn: 9788712054870 Den ene er 17, den anden er 91, men de har mere til fælles, end de tror. Plejebarnet Molly bliver efter et tyveri fra det lokale bibliotek idømt samfundstjeneste, hvor hun skal hjælpe Vivian med at rydde op på hendes loft. Loftet er proppet med kasser fra Vivians lange liv, og efterhånden som lågene kommer af, udfoldes en stærk historie om ensomhed og modstandskraft. Vivian var nemlig et ”togbarn”: I begyndelsen af 1900-tallets USA gennede man forældreløse og gadebørn sammen og satte dem på tog, der kørte tværs gennem Midtvesten. På hver perron stod familier klar til at tage et barn for en skilling– en stærk dreng til marken, en nuttet lille baby … eller en pige, man kunne bruge, som man ville. For børnene i togetkunne næste stop betyde håb, lykke og familie – eller ensomhed, overgreb og et ødelagt liv. Vivians fortid fletter sig sammen med Mollys nutidshistorie i en gribende beretning om længslen efter et hjem, hvor mankan være, høre til og måske blive elsket. Romanen er baseret på og inspireret af virkelige hændelser, der fandt sted i USA mellem 1854 og 1929: Forfatteren Christina Baker Kline opdagede under et besøg hos svigerfamilien,at hendes mands bedstefar havde været et af de circa 200.000 børn, der blev sat på toget mod en uvis skæbne. ROMANEN, ALLE ELSKER: • På New York Times bestsellerliste – i mere end 90 uger. Heraf 1 år i Top 5 • Har solgt 2 millioner eksemplarer i USA

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"e;A must-read for anyone who loves history and art. --Kristin HannahFrom 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 Wyeths mysterious and iconic painting Christinas World. "e;Later he told me that hed been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldnt 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 wont stay hidden."e; To Christina Olson, the entire world was her familys 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 Americas 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.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of America’s history. Beautiful.”—Ann PackerMoving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship.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.

Ny storslået historisk roman af forfatteren til Pigen uden navn.Da den unge guvernante Evangeline bliver forført og gjort gravid af sin arbejdsgivers søn, bliver hun fyret fra sin stilling og sendt til det kummerlige Newgate-fængsel i London. Efter flere måneder i fangenskab bliver hun endelig dømt og sendt af sted til Van Diemen’s Land, som er en af Englands nye straffefangekolonier i Australien. Sammen med en række andre fanger skibes hun tværs over jordkloden på det tidligere slaveskib Medea. Fremtiden er usikker, men Evangeline ved én ting: Barnet, hun bærer på, vil blive født til søs.Undervejs bliver Evangeline gode venner med Hazel, som er dømt for at stjæle en sølvske. Hazel er en dygtig jordemoder med viden om helbredende urter, og snart tilbyder hun sine tjenester til både de andre fanger og sømændene ombord i bytte mod andre tjenester. Selvom Australien har været hjem for det aboriginske folk i mere end 50.000 år, opfatter den britiske regering i 1840’erne dem som en pestilens, der blot skal skaffes af vejen. Da Medea lægger til havn, er store grupper mennesker blevet fordrevet fra deres hjem, og landet er overtaget af hvide kolonister. En af de tvangsforflyttede er den forældreløse stammelederdatter Mathinna, hvis vej Hazel krydser. Hun er blevet adopteret af guvernøren på Van Diemen’s Land og er til sin store sorg nu tvunget til at leve efter guvernørparrets engelske levevis. I denne gribende historiske roman giver bestsellerforfatter Christina Baker Kline stemme til tre kvinders gribende skæbnefortællinger, mens hun kaster nyt lys over et mørkt kapitel i verdenshistorien. På trods af modgang og ondskab vil nyt liv spire frem, og venskaber vil komme til at sætte deres præg på kvindernes liv for altid. CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE er amerikansk bestsellerforfatter. Hun har modtaget flere priser for sine romaner, som udkommer i 40 lande, og hun fik sit internationale gennembrud med bogen Orphan Train – Pigen uden navn, som har solgt over 50.000 eksemplarer i Danmark, og som lå på New York Times’ bestsellerliste hver uge i over to år i træk. DE FORVISTE er hendes anden roman på dansk, og filmrettighederne er solgt til produktionsselskabet, som stod bag tv-serierne Big Little Lies og The Undoing. ”Både opløftende og hjerteskærende. I et smukt sprog hylder denne roman modet og modstandskraften.” – Library Journal ”Christina Baker Kline – en af USA’s førende historiske romanforfattere.” – Kirkus Reviews

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. 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 existence in Maine, the memories of her upbringing 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 widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her 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 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 tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.

The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies soldBetween 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 luck and chance.This is the story of one such child.As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was 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. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic 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 tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about friendship and the memories that haunt usOn 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 comes back.Ten years later, Kathryn has tried to build a life for herself, with a marriage and a career as a journalist, but she still feels the conspicuous void of Jennifer's disappearance. When her divorce sends her reeling back to the Maine town where she grew up, she finds herself plunged into a sea of memories. With nothing left to lose, she is determined to answer one simple question: What happened to Jennifer Pelletier?

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about buried secrets and the redemptive power of forgiveness.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.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROPTIONED 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 ChronicleThe 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 comes a novel of self-discovery and second chances.Angela is single in New York City, stuck in a job she hates. She inherited a flair for Italian cooking from her grandmother, but she never seems to have the time for it. On a hope and a chance, Angela decides to pack it all up and move to Maine, finding motivation in the dating profile of a handsome sailor who loves dogs and Italian food. But her new home isn't quite matching up with the fantasy. Far from everything familiar, Angela begins to rebuild her life from the ground up and, in the process, realizes there's really no such thing as the way life should be.

Ny storslået historisk roman af forfatteren til Pigen uden navn.Da den unge guvernante Evangeline bliver forført og gjort gravid af sin arbejdsgivers søn, bliver hun fyret fra sin stilling og sendt til det kummerlige Newgate-fængsel i London. Efter flere måneder i fangenskab bliver hun endelig dømt og sendt af sted til Van Diemen’s Land, som er en af Englands nye straffefangekolonier i Australien. Sammen med en række andre fanger skibes hun tværs over jordkloden på det tidligere slaveskib Medea. Fremtiden er usikker, men Evangeline ved én ting: Barnet, hun bærer på, vil blive født til søs.Undervejs bliver Evangeline gode venner med Hazel, som er dømt for at stjæle en sølvske. Hazel er en dygtig jordemoder med viden om helbredende urter, og snart tilbyder hun sine tjenester til både de andre fanger og sømændene ombord i bytte mod andre tjenester. Selvom Australien har været hjem for det aboriginske folk i mere end 50.000 år, opfatter den britiske regering i 1840’erne dem som en pestilens, der blot skal skaffes af vejen. Da Medea lægger til havn, er store grupper mennesker blevet fordrevet fra deres hjem, og landet er overtaget af hvide kolonister. En af de tvangsforflyttede er den forældreløse stammelederdatter Mathinna, hvis vej Hazel krydser. Hun er blevet adopteret af guvernøren på Van Diemen’s Land og er til sin store sorg nu tvunget til at leve efter guvernørparrets engelske levevis. I denne gribende historiske roman giver bestsellerforfatter Christina Baker Kline stemme til tre kvinders gribende skæbnefortællinger, mens hun kaster nyt lys over et mørkt kapitel i verdenshistorien. På trods af modgang og ondskab vil nyt liv spire frem, og venskaber vil komme til at sætte deres præg på kvindernes liv for altid. ”Både opløftende og hjerteskærende. I et smukt sprog hylder denne roman modet og modstandskraften.” – Library Journal ”Christina Baker Kline – en af USA’s førende historiske romanforfattere.” – Kirkus Reviews

The #1 New York Times Bestseller Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America's past-and it includes a special PS section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more. Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse...As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life-answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.

The #1 New York Times BestsellerNow featuring a sneak peek at Christina's forthcoming novelThe Exiles, coming August 2020.A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of Americas history. Beautiful.Ann PackerBetween 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.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROPTIONED 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 ChronicleThe 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.

'Graceful, moving and powerful . . . a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Kline to come along and tell it' MICHAEL CHABONFor decades, Christina Olson's whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave.As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love.Years pass and Christina's solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other...From the bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN comes a luminous portrait of a woman of grit and grace, as heartwarming as it is gripping. A story that allows the reader to marvel at Andrew Wyeth's iconic portrait from the other side.

"The young readers' edition of Orphan train."