1/2/2023 0 Comments Orphan train book![]() ![]() The spark that started Kline on the path to “The Exiles” ignited from a New York Times article on convict women shipped to Australia. I think gin is more of the convict’s drink.” Setting sail “There will definitely be wine,” Kline says, laughing. Of course, we wondered: will there be wine? And her sons will sing an Australian sea shanty. A video on Kline’s research into the history behind her fiction is featured. ![]() Her composer son Hayden Kline scored a book trailer. Writer and book critic John Searles will serve as emcee, with Kline bopping from conversation to conversation with authors Elin Hilderbrand, Chris Bohjalian, Kristin Hannah and Paula McClain. Now, as “The Exiles” arrives in paperback, Kline’s taken all the lessons she’s learned from during the pandemic and created a one-night literary variety show. That seemed like a fun way to converse about books and writing, and so for the initial hardcover release of “The Exiles” Kline enlisted writer friends from Amor Towles and John Grisham to Claire Messud and Jodi Picoult to chat with for virtual audiences. “Their families were roaming around in the background and they were just having the best time, gossiping about chefs and talking about food and regaling people with stories.” “The two of them are old friends and had a glass of wine, both sitting in their kitchens, one in California, one in New York,” Kline says. ![]() One, a conversation between writer-chef Ruth Reichl and author Bill Buford, became the template for her own virtual programs.
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