A Piece of the World

Christina 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.As she did in her beloved novel Orphan Train, 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.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.