{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-world-lp-paperback","title":"A Piece of the World LP - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina Baker Kline\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the smash bestseller \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train, \u003c\/em\u003e a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting \u003cem\u003eChristina's World.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"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.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she did in her beloved smash bestseller \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in evocative and lucid prose, \u003cem\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina Olson seemed destined for a small life, living on her family's remote farm in coastal Cushing, Maine. 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 paintings of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she did in her beloved novel \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e, Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful narrative that illuminates a little-known part of America's history. She vividly imagines the life of the woman behind the portrait, her complicated relationship to her past, and her special bond with one of our greatest modern artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in evocative and lucid prose, \u003cem\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e--Library Reads\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina Olson seemed destined for a small life, living on her family's remote farm in coastal Cushing, Maine. 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 paintings of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she did in her beloved novel \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e, Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful narrative that illuminates a little-known part of America's history. She vividly imagines the life of the woman behind the portrait, her complicated relationship to her past, and her special bond with one of our greatest modern artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in evocative and lucid prose, \u003cem\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555913494835,"sku":"9780062644183","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/y1Z1jC-1xe9780062644183.webp?v=1761144751","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-piece-of-the-world-lp-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}