And I’ve been on the road with ORPHAN TRAIN since its publication in April (2013).īIC: What do you like about the Campus/Freshman Class and Community Reads structure as a literary event format? Any thoughts on how they could be more effective?ĬBK: As an author I love interacting with people who have already read my book. I’ve been talking about writing – my own and other people’s – at conferences, bookstores, libraries, historical societies, town halls, and at colleges and universities for years. The novel (which is the author’s fifth work of fiction) was selected as a Target book club pick, has held steady on 5 national bestseller lists, and has just gone to print for the fifth time!īIC: Any idea about how many literary events you’ve done over the years?ĬBK: Literally hundreds! ORPHAN TRAIN is my fifth novel and tenth book. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience. Her novel Orphan Train is about a young Irish immigrant who, as a child, is sent away from New York on a train that regularly transported unwanted and abandoned children from the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest. We recently sat down with New York Times bestselling author, Christina Baker Kline. Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train
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