Kline, Christina Baker

"A novel about three women whose lives are bound together in nineteenth-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society"--Amazon.

A young readers' version of the story about seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer, who is sent to perform community service at elderly Vivian Daly's home in order to avoid juvenile hall and discovers that the two are very much alike, despite the vast age difference.

"To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family's remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one the best-known paintings of the twentieth century, "Christina's World."--Jacket flap.

Follow the story of a young girl in foster care who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year old orphan-train rider.

As a child in early twentieth century America, Vivian Daly is sent to the Midwest toward an uncertain future. Decades later, Vivian has a life of her own on the East Coast, and when teenager Molly Ayer arrives to help her clean out her attic in order to fulfill her community service requirement, the two locate mementos and keepsakes from Vivian's past that reveal the two are not so different.

"Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life--answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are."--from publisher's description.

Cassie Simon moves back to the little town were her mother was born and attempts to unravel the family myths about her mother's death.

As a child in early twentieth century America, Vivian Daly is sent to the Midwest toward an uncertain future. Decades later, Vivian has a life of her own on the East Coast, and when teenager Molly Ayer arrives to help her clean out her attic in order to fulfill her community service requirement, the two locate mementos and keepsakes from Vivian's past that reveal the two are not so different.