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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

This April sees the paperback publication of the heartwarming and gripping novel from the bestselling author of Orphan Train, and we have copies to giveaway to 5 reading groups.

When your group has read the book, we’d love to hear what you think. Tweet us at @HarperFiction and @BoroughPress using #APieceoftheWorld or leave your reviews on Amazon or Goodreads!

About the book

For decades, Christina Olson’s whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave.

As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love.

Years pass and Christina’s solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other…

Closing date 21st March 2018

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