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Aug 25, 2020 · The Exiles is a historical novel that takes place primarily in 19th century Australia about the fate of two women sentenced to be transported to a life of servitude, and a young indigenous girl who is forcefully taken from her people and her land to become an object in the Governor’s home.
Aug 25, 2020 · The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant 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.
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant historical novel that captures the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of a trio of women's lives - two English convicts and an orphaned Aboriginal girl - in nineteenth-century Australia. Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline ...
While Orphan Train and A Piece of the World were grounded in American history, The Exiles makes a bold geographic and cultural leap, and confirms Christina’s place among the finest talents writing today.
Aug 25, 2020 · The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant 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.
Our Reading Guide for The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio.
Jul 6, 2021 · After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to “the land beyond the seas,” Van Diemen’s Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long voyage to this distant land.
After being found guilty, Evangeline and Hazel are sentenced to exile in Tasmania, arriving there by ship. Set in the era of deporting inmates to Australia and Tasmania as a means of punishment, these three abandoned women struggle for dignity, safety and ultimately love as marginal members of society.
Jul 6, 2021 · The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant 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.
Jul 6, 2021 · The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline. Publication Date: July 6, 2021; Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction; Paperback: 400 pages; Publisher: Custom House; ISBN-10: 006235633X; ISBN-13: 9780062356338
