Christina Baker Kline

©  Copyright 2008 Christina Baker Kline.  All Rights Reserved.
News & Links – Spring 2008

Press for The Way Life Should Be
  • Click here for a link to People magazine's featured review (Aug 13, 2007) of The Way Life
    Should Be.
  • Click here for a link to the full review of The Way Life Life Should Be from Powells.com an dits
    'Rreview-A-Day' feature.
  • Click here for an August 20th video clip of Christina promoting the book on '207', a news and
    entertainment show on NBC's WCSH in Portland, Maine.
  • Click here for a link to a Q&A with Christina about how the idea for the novel came about, from
    the Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.
  • Click here for a link to a feature about Christina from the Bangor Daily News.
  • Click here to read a review from the Mount Desert Islander, published on the island where much
    of THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE takes place, to see whether Christina's portrayal of the island
    resonates with those who live on the island year-round.
  • Click here to read an article on the book and the recipes from The Montclair Times.
  • Click here to read an article about the Italian recipes in the book.

Q&A for THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE
Click here for a Q&A with the author.

Book Tour Schedule
To support the Spring 2008 release of the paperback edition of THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE, and the
publication of ABOUT FACE, Christina will be making numerous appearances.  For details, click
here.

Podcasts and Streaming Interviews
The Maine Humanities Council has made available a podcast of Christina's discussion on THE WAY
LIFE SHOULD BE from the Portland Public Library's "Brown Bag Lecture" series (to listen or to
download, click here).  Listen to Christina's August 18th radio interview from Providence, RI, "Reading
with Robin" (
www.readingwithrobin.com) or via www.920whjj.com.

Book Clubs
Christina is available to speak with book clubs via speakerphone or in person.  If you'd like to include
her in one of your meetings, email her at
bakerkline@aol.com to inquire about setting up a time.  

Reading Group Guide
Click here for a reading group guide.

Bookstores
Christina’s favorite local bookstore, Watchung Books in Montclair, New Jersey, carries all of her
books.  It also has a great website:
www.watchungbooksellers.com.  In Maine, visit  Port in a Storm
bookstore in Somesville on Mount Desert Island, or here:
www.portinastormbookstore.com

Also in Paperback
Christina served as editor for a critically acclaimed book by Allison Gilbert, Always Too Soon:
Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents,
published by Seal Press.
See www.alwaystoosoon.com for details.
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