‘A moving portrait of a woman in search of autonomy and purpose in her life’ SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE ‘A graceful, moving and powerful demonstration of what can happen when a fearless literary imagination combines with an inexhaustible curiosity about the past and the human heart: a feat of time travel, a bravura improvisation on the theme of art history, a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Christina Baker Kline to come along and tell it’ MICHAEL CHABON ‘Christina Baker Kline writes about home and place with wisdom and tenderness, but most of all she writes about Christina Olson with compassion, empathy and resounding admiration. This is an inspiring, haunting, powerful novel’ HELEN SEDGWICK, author of The Comet Seekers ‘An affecting and memorable novel… unexpected and bleakly beautiful world. I thought it explored the nature of art and inspiration in a fascinating way, whilst also posing profound questions about what endures and what proves transitory; about the roles we choose and those which are forced upon us’ MATTHEW PLAMPIN, author of Will & Tom ‘With remarkable precision and compassion, A PIECE OF THE WORLD transports us to a mid-century farmhouse on the coast of Maine. But just like the painting that inspired it, this novel is about so much more. It’s about the terrors and injustices of childhood, the aches of adulthood, the regrets of middle age. It’s a story about a woman trapped by family and duty and her own ailing body . . . Christina Baker Kline has accomplished something grand’ NATHAN HILL, author of The Nix ‘Tender, tragic, A PIECE OF THE WORLD is a fascinating exploration of the life lived inside that house at the top of the hill’ LILY KING ‘Painterly, sensuous, and sympathetic’ KIRKUS REVIEWS ‘A pure, powerful story of suffering met with a fight’ O Magazine (The Oprah Magazine) ‘Insightful, evocative prose brings Christina’s singular perspective and indomitable spirit to life’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

• Christina Baker Kline is the worldwide bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN • There are two million copies of ORPHAN TRAIN in print, it is published in 35 countries, it spent 90 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, five weeks at #1 on the NYT list and over a year in the top five. • As with ORPHAN TRAIN, Baker Kline has illuminated a story that have been obscured by history and expertly blended fiction and non-fiction to bring it to life. • An intriguing insight into life with undiagnosed Polio, this novel explores disability, strength and selfhood. • Plumb in the heart of the commercial/literary sweetspot: pacy, elegant and heartwarming. • Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World is an iconic image, that holds us all with its haunting quality and grace. Competition: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir; The Fire By Night; Anything Is Possible; The Orphan'S Tale; The Words In My Hand. Tracy Chevalier;Deborah Moggach; Deborah Moggach; Jennifer Ryan; Teresa Messineo; Elizabeth Strout;