Orphan train by christina baker kline 1 words bartleby. Orphan train a novel by christina baker kline youtube. Orphan train by christina baker kline, paperback barnes. It is a beautiful book everything from the story to the imagery. Two parallel stories being told about what happens to a young girl when her family life is threatened. Between 1854 and 1929, socalled orphan trains transported more than 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children many of them firstgeneration irish catholic. From christina baker kline comes a novel about two women. The orphan train by christina baker kline is a 20 william morrow paperbacks publication.
I liked the other one, sweet water, even more, but orphan train is almost as good. Christina baker kline managed to lift the readers spirit by providing people in the story that helped both molly and vivian, in mollys case her boyfriend who was looking out for her and during vivians lifetime duchy on the train, the schoolteacher and her friend in the sewing room. Vivians tale is the topic of the book, the orphan train. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping molly ayer out of juvie and worse. Available in a special hardcover edition, christina baker kline s smash bestseller that is a lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of american history ann packer. Christina baker kline writing styles in orphan train. Ive been told that sweet water is most similar to orphan train. Molly is a troubled teen, a foster child bounced from one unsuitable home to another. As she helps vivian sort through her possessions and memories, molly learns that they arent as different as they seem to be. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping molly out of juvie and worse.
Orphan train by christina baker kline book club discussion duration. This is an alternate cover edition of isbn 9780061950728, found he. The year is 2011 and molly is in trouble with the law. Christina baker kline is a renowned writer from the united states, who is popular for writing fiction, art, and historical fiction books. A young irish immigrant orphaned in new york city, vivian was put on a train to the midwest with hundreds of other children. Orphan train is a gripping story of friendship and second chances from christina baker kline, author of bird in hand and the way life should be. The author of bird in hand and the way life should be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date.
Penobscot indian molly ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care system. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Christina baker klines orphan train is an unforgettable story of friendship and. Orphan train is a remarkable novel full of contrasts of molly and also vivian. Books by christina baker kline author of orphan train. The novel s parallel storyline begins in 1929 and features vivians life story as niamh power, a nineyearold girl who lives in new york with her father, patrick, her mother, mary, her younger twin brothers, james and dominick, and her baby sister, maisie. Molly ayer is living with ralph and dina in their home in spruce harbor, maine. Dedication to christina looper baker, who handed me the thread, and carole robertson kline, who gave me the cloth. Author kline is particularly famous for writing the books, a piece of world and orphan train. She had emigrated from ireland with her family members as a young girl. Christina baker kline orphan train girl audio book download. She is the author of five novels, including bird in hand and the way life should be. The novel s parallel storyline begins in 1929 and features vivians life story as niamh power, a nineyearold girl who lives in new york with her father, patrick. In this poignant novel christina baker kline weaves a tapestry of the intertwining lives of two women and affirms our hope that the present can redeem the past and that love has a genuine power to heal.
Orphan train by christina baker kline plot summary litcharts. Meticulously researched and yet full of the breath of life, kline s novel takes us on an historical journey where survival depends upon ones own steely backbone. Christina baker kline my books are all quite different from each other, though my writing style is recognizable or so people say. She is the author of seven novels, including orphan train, and has coauthored or edited five nonfiction books. Christina baker kline s orphan train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a littleknown but historically significant movement in americas pastand it includes a special ps section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more penobscot indian molly ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care. This study guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of orphan train. Orphan train by christina baker kline this was one of those weekends when the sun poured in the bedroom window, providing enough light and warmth, on a pair of particularly cool and breezy days, to make stretching out on the bed and relaxing, surrounded by two dogs and a cat, the perfect way to spend some off time. Christina baker kline author of orphan train duration. I especially like how christina baker kline develops a story, at first only slowly but then theres this wow effect at the end which makes her novels so special and unforgettable. Orphan train was a mix of favorite childhood books of mine such as anne of green gables, heidi, and understood betsy, and ms. Orphan train study guide contains a biography of christina baker kline, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Orphan train a novel by christina baker kline 68 world history ms.
Dodge foundation fellowship and several research fellowships to ireland and minnesota. Orphan train a novel by christina baker kline 68 youtube. Christina baker kline born 1964 is an american novelist. Ive been told that sweet water is mostmore my books are all quite different from each other, though my writing style is recognizable or so people say. Christina baker kline was born in england and raised in maine. Chosen as a one book, one read by hundreds of communities and campuses a finalist for a goodreads choice award, orphan train was included on. Niamh pronounced neev was an irish immigrant girl sent on an orphan train from new york city to minnesota in the late 1920s. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading orphan train. Orphan train a novel by christina baker kline is a beautiful story about a seventeen year old girl named molly ayer who has lived in a foster home since she was nine and a ninetyone year old lady named vivian who accepts molly into her home and shares her life story with her for a school project. Orphan train is a harrowing but ultimately uplifting story about this historical phenomenon. Find books like orphan train from the worlds largest community of readers.
Christina baker kline has 17 books on goodreads with 837550 ratings. Christina baker kline s most popular book is orphan train. Paperback original orphan train is a gripping story of friendship and second chances from christina baker kline, author of bird in hand and the way life should be. Christina baker kline s latest wonder, orphan train, makes for compulsive readingthis is a story of resilience in the face of tremendous odds and oppressive loneliness.
I had heard such wonderful things about this book and have wanted to read it for a long time. Not until i read christina baker kline s book, however, did i realize just how romanticized this version was. Rich in detail and epic in scope, orphan train by christina baker kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. Goodreads members who liked orphan train also liked. Orphan train christina baker kline, jessica almasy, suzanne toren on. Orphan train a novel by christina baker kline 35 youtube. One is a seventeen years old living in foster care. She lives outside new york city and spends as much time as possible on the coast of maine. Two years before, niamh and her family emigrated from kinvara in county galway, ireland. Writer in residence at fordham university from 2007 to 2011, kline is also a recent recipient of a geraldine r. Reminiscent of elizabeth strouts amy and isabel, this orphan train carries us along until the stories of these two women become one. Orphan train historical background christina baker kline. Orphan train is a specifically american story of mobility and rootlessness, highlighting a littleknown but historically significant moment in our countrys past.