A New York Times bestseller.

“Exquisite. A must-read. –Kristin Hannah

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeths mysterious and iconic painting Christinas World.

“Later he told me that hed been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldnt 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 wont stay hidden.”

To 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 Wyeths first great inspiration, and the subject of one of the best-known paintings of the twentieth century,Christinas World.

As she did in her beloved bestsellerOrphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction to vividly reimagine a real moment in history. A Piece of the Worldis a powerful story ofthe flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, hercomplicated relationship to her family and inheritance, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.

This paperback edition includes a color reproduction of Andrew Wyeths painting Christinas World, along with a Q&A with the author, and a bonus short story, Stranded in Ice.