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Praise for The Way Life Should Be
“With prose that flows so naturally it
needs no fancy dressing, third-time
novelist Kline develops an inventive stock
of characters … and endows them with
dialogue so natural that readers will at
times feel like cutting in. Kline weaves an
unassumingly beautiful story of human
relationships and self-discovery.” To
read the full review, click here
-- People Magazine (Aug. 13, 2007)
From critically acclaimed writer Christina
Baker Kline comes a beautifully drawn
novel of love, food, risk, and self-
discovery. Kline's previous novels, SWEET
WATER and DESIRE LINES, have been
praised as "evocative" (New York Times),
"absorbing" (Chicago Tribune), and
"psychologically resonant" (Entertainment
Weekly); Publishers Weekly, in its early
review of THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE, lauds
Kline's "perfect sense of character and
timing." More
“With prose that flows so naturally it
needs no fancy dressing, third-time
novelist Kline develops an inventive stock
of characters … and endows them with
dialogue so natural that readers will at
times feel like cutting in. Kline weaves an
unassumingly beautiful story of human
relationships and self-discovery.” To
read the full review, click here
-- People Magazine (Aug. 13, 2007)
From critically acclaimed writer Christina
Baker Kline comes a beautifully drawn
novel of love, food, risk, and self-
discovery. Kline's previous novels, SWEET
WATER and DESIRE LINES, have been
praised as "evocative" (New York Times),
"absorbing" (Chicago Tribune), and
"psychologically resonant" (Entertainment
Weekly); Publishers Weekly, in its early
review of THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE, lauds
Kline's "perfect sense of character and
timing." More
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From the Boston Globe:
“I hesitate to call Kline a
‘serious novelist’ for fear
of obscuring her easy
style and fluid metaphor-
making...but she’s the real
deal. Kline dramatizes
private life, from the
charged crosscurrents of
broken families to the
robust intimacies of sex,
with a generous, knowing
appreciation of human
nature.”
“I hesitate to call Kline a
‘serious novelist’ for fear
of obscuring her easy
style and fluid metaphor-
making...but she’s the real
deal. Kline dramatizes
private life, from the
charged crosscurrents of
broken families to the
robust intimacies of sex,
with a generous, knowing
appreciation of human
nature.”
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| About Face: Women Write About What They See When They Look In the Mirror (essays) |
| The Way Life Should Be a novel (now in paperback) |
Edited by Anne Burt and Christina Baker
Kline. Publication Date: June 18, 2008
In ABOUT FACE, twenty-three women write
about the simple yet radical act of looking
-- really looking -- in the mirror. In essays
that reveal truths about the self in the
world and which examine the societal
prism through which we view -- and judge
-- each other, the contributors in this
collection take the cultural conversation
about beauty to a deeper level.
“About Face is an important book. The
writers of these essays are brave enough
to talk about why their faces matter to
them, and how looking -- really looking --
at themselves makes them feel. These
stories are shocking and profound,
humorous and poignant; they will make
you gasp with recognition, nod with
empathy, and laugh out loud. These
writers are willing to share their deepest
fears, insecurities, and secrets -- feelings
that all of us, regardless of our particular
experiences, share."
-- Bobbi Brown, foreword to About Face
"Every girl who has ever done a double
take in the mirror . . . understands that the
love/hate relationship women have with
their appearance is a unifying plight of the
fairer sex. In About Face, editors Anne
Burt and Christina Baker Kline create a
discourse around this often taboo subject,
asking 25 writers of various ages, races,
and nationalities to share their inner
monologues about vanity, insecurity, and
identity, ultimately shedding some light on
how the way we physically see ourselves
affects the way we live. . . . [T]heir words
will certainly resonate."
-- NYLON magazine
Contributors include Kathryn Harrison,
Jennifer Baumgardner, Alix Kates Shulman,
Patricia Chao, Catherine Texier, Meredith
Maran, Alice Elliott Dark, Benilde Little,
Marina Budhos, and Pamela Redmond
Satran. For a complete list of contributors,
click here.
Kline. Publication Date: June 18, 2008
In ABOUT FACE, twenty-three women write
about the simple yet radical act of looking
-- really looking -- in the mirror. In essays
that reveal truths about the self in the
world and which examine the societal
prism through which we view -- and judge
-- each other, the contributors in this
collection take the cultural conversation
about beauty to a deeper level.
“About Face is an important book. The
writers of these essays are brave enough
to talk about why their faces matter to
them, and how looking -- really looking --
at themselves makes them feel. These
stories are shocking and profound,
humorous and poignant; they will make
you gasp with recognition, nod with
empathy, and laugh out loud. These
writers are willing to share their deepest
fears, insecurities, and secrets -- feelings
that all of us, regardless of our particular
experiences, share."
-- Bobbi Brown, foreword to About Face
"Every girl who has ever done a double
take in the mirror . . . understands that the
love/hate relationship women have with
their appearance is a unifying plight of the
fairer sex. In About Face, editors Anne
Burt and Christina Baker Kline create a
discourse around this often taboo subject,
asking 25 writers of various ages, races,
and nationalities to share their inner
monologues about vanity, insecurity, and
identity, ultimately shedding some light on
how the way we physically see ourselves
affects the way we live. . . . [T]heir words
will certainly resonate."
-- NYLON magazine
Contributors include Kathryn Harrison,
Jennifer Baumgardner, Alix Kates Shulman,
Patricia Chao, Catherine Texier, Meredith
Maran, Alice Elliott Dark, Benilde Little,
Marina Budhos, and Pamela Redmond
Satran. For a complete list of contributors,
click here.
"THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE is the way a
great read should be -- incredibly moving,
beautifully written, and with characters so
alive you want them to come and visit.
Kline's lucid take on finding out who we
really are, and what we really need in our
lives is nothing short of brilliant."
-- CAROLINE LEAVITT, author of Girls in
Trouble and Coming Back To Me.
"Warm, witty and wise, THE WAY LIFE
SHOULD BE is a glimpse into the heart of
a woman who takes the kind of leap of
faith that most of us only dream of.
Christina Baker Kline has written a book
about love and disappointment and risk
and risotto, utterly appealing on every
level."
-- LAUREN FOX, author of Still Life with
Husband
great read should be -- incredibly moving,
beautifully written, and with characters so
alive you want them to come and visit.
Kline's lucid take on finding out who we
really are, and what we really need in our
lives is nothing short of brilliant."
-- CAROLINE LEAVITT, author of Girls in
Trouble and Coming Back To Me.
"Warm, witty and wise, THE WAY LIFE
SHOULD BE is a glimpse into the heart of
a woman who takes the kind of leap of
faith that most of us only dream of.
Christina Baker Kline has written a book
about love and disappointment and risk
and risotto, utterly appealing on every
level."
-- LAUREN FOX, author of Still Life with
Husband