Christina Baker Kline

eBook, ePUB

The Exiles (eBook, ePUB)

'Masterful' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Beschreibung

'Christina's level of research into characters, place and time to tell a powerful story of suffering and survival in an historical fiction is masterful' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

'Gorgeous' Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale

London, 1840. Evangeline has languished in Newgate prison for months, falsely accused of stealing her master's ring. Now beginning the long journey to Australia on a prison ship, she hopes for a new life for both her and her unborn child.

On board she befriends Hazel, sentenced to seven years' transport for theft, whose own path will cross with an orphaned indigenous girl. The governor of Tasmania has 'adopted' Mathinna, but the family treat her more as a curiosity than a child.

Amid hardships and cruelties, new life will take root in stolen soil and friendships will define lives, but only some will find their place on the other side of the world.

'Master storyteller Christina Baker Kline is at her best in this epic tale of Australia's complex history-a vivid and rewarding feat of both empathy and imagination. I loved this book' Paula McLain, bestselling author of The Paris Wife

Technische Details

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• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.15MB
• FamilySharing(5)

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Christina Baker Kline is the author of seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train. Her other novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, and Sweet Water, as well as Orphan Train Girl, a middle-grade adaptation of Orphan Train. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Money, More, and Psychology Today, among other publications. She lives in New York City and on the coast of Maine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allison & Busby
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749026349
• Artikelnr.: 59593850

Rezensionen

"A tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise ... Kline takes full advantage of fiction-its freedom to create compelling characters who fully illuminate monumental events to make history accessible and forever etched in our minds." - Houston Chronicle

"Monumental...This episode in history gets a top-notch treatment by Kline, one of our foremost historical novelists. This fascinating 19th-century take on Orange Is the New Black is subtle, intelligent, and thrillingly melodramatic." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Both uplifting and heartbreaking, this beautifully written novel doesn't flinch from the ugliness of the penal system but celebrates

the courage and resilience of both the first peoples and the settlers who came after, voluntarily or not, to create a new home for themselves and their children." - Library Journal (starred review)

"Gripping...Filled with surprising twists, empathetic prose, and revealing historical details, Kline's resonant, powerful story will please any historical fiction fan." - Publishers Weekly

"Kline deftly balances tragedy and pathos, making happy endings hard-earned and satisfying...Book groups will find much to discuss, such as the uses of education, both formal and informal, in this moving work." - Booklist

"Master storyteller Christina Baker Kline is at her best in this epic yet intimate tale of nineteenth-century Australia. I loved this book." - Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin


"Celebrating the bonds between women, the novel explores how lives that seem destined for pain might persevere." - Real Simple

"Intelligent and satisfyingly dramatic." - Newsday

"The story-telling in The Exiles is triumphant...The women's struggles are filled with adversity and grief. But the novel also reveals moments of love, courage and bravery and resilience." - Portland Press Herald

"[Kline's] research, coupled with her knack for telling a compelling story, coalesce in a riveting tale that will keep readers breathlessly hurtling toward the heart-rending conclusion." - Bookreporter

"The author's ability to weave fact with fiction, tragedy with moments of hope, and the everyday with the universal will leave you immersed, wanting more. You'll open this novel because of history, read on because of story, and close it knowing more about your own life, right here, right now." - New York Journal of Books

"The Exiles is that rarest of novels, a true page-turner. The action moves along; the reader feels himself to be in the hands of a professional." - Alabama Public Radio

"Well-researched and boldly imagined." - Sydney Morning Herald