In the presentation I’ve been doing on my book tour, which is still taking place, I always say that I was the only person in the world who could have written this novel because of all the resonance the painting has for me.ģ. My father gave me a woodblock for my eighth birthday that reminded him of Christina’s World and me - a figure of a girl facing away, standing in brown grasses, looking towards something slightly ineffable. My grandmother grew up in the same time period as the woman in the painting.
I had always felt a connection to Christina my name is Christina, my mother and grandmother are also named Christina. While I was writing Orphan Train, I became particularly interested in the hardscrabble lives of people who don’t have much and the emotional tools they need to survive hard times. W hat about this painting made you want to write this story? ( I wrote about this excursion for The New York Times)Ģ. Among other adventures, we went to visit the place where Christina’s World was painted. My family moved to Maine when I was six my parents were determined to show me and my three sisters everything the state had to offer. I first saw the painting when I was very young, and had the poster on my wall.
What was your first reaction and experience with Christina's World?
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