Dawn Hogue
Dawn Hogue asked Christina Baker Kline:

I recently read The Orphan Train and was taken with the depth of detail you created. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the store and how Vivian came to know her abilities through that work. As one who sews, I also enjoyed, though pitied, those women in the "sweat shop." I wonder what elements of your own background you merged into your fiction? Or do details in this novel come entirely from research?

Christina Baker Kline Hi Dawn. My father’s parents worked in a woolen mill in Georgia, and I drew, in part, on their recollections of that experience. I also grew up sewing with my mother, and when I was about 12 I sewed clothes I wore to school (and bathing suits, which I have a hard time believing now!). Plus, of course, research! Thanks for your question.

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