Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains
Reading Together 2016 author Christina Baker Kline
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains & the Making of the Novel. Reading Together 2016 author Christina Baker Kline is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Orphan Train, about a young Irish immigrant who, as a child, is sent away from New York on a train that regularly transported unwanted and abandoned children from the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience.
Recorded 03/07/2016
Kline spoke about her novel Orphan Train in front of a capacity crowd at KCHS Auditorium on Monday, March 7, 2016.
Categories: Authors @ KPL
Tags: author; culture; history; reading together; writing