{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-world","title":"A Piece of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exquisite. A must-read.\" --Kristin Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel is an unforgettable story of an artist and muse, friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Christina Olson, the entire world is her family farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. The only daughter in a family of sons, Christina is tied to her home by health and circumstance, and seems destined for a small life. Instead, she becomes Andrew Wyeth's first great inspiration, and the subject of one of the best-known paintings of the twentieth century, Christina's World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she did in her beloved bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction to vividly reimagine a real moment in history. A Piece of the World is a powerful work of historical fiction about the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, her complicated relationship to her family and inheritance, and how an unlikely friendship between artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition includes a color reproduction of Andrew Wyeth's painting Christina's World, along with a Q\u0026amp;A with the author, and a bonus short story, \"Stranded in Ice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67618351612147,"sku":"9780062356277","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/7432\/5312\/files\/imageloader_ac77dfae-1463-48c3-9034-519cb4e51178.jpg?v=1790875238","url":"https:\/\/letterpressplay.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-piece-of-the-world","provider":"Letterpress PLAY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}