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 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 www.doorway.ru by: 6.
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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. 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”. A Piece Of The World Summary. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of “A Piece Of The World” by Christina Baker Kline. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. One of American painter Andrew Wyeth’s most iconic paintings is “Christina’s World,” an enigmatic image of a woman lying in the grass with her.
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