'Christina's level of research into characters, place and time to tell a powerful story of suffering and survival in an historical fiction is masterful' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'Gorgeous' Kristin Hannah, author of The NightingaleLondon, 1840. Evangeline has languished in Newgate prison for months, falsely accused of stealing her master's ring. Now beginning the long journey to Australia on a prison ship, she hopes for a new life for both her and her unborn child.On board she befriends Hazel, sentenced to seven years' transport for theft, whose own path will cross with an orphaned indigenous girl. The governor of Tasmania has'adopted' Mathinna, but the family treat her more as a curiosity than a child.Amid hardships and cruelties, new life will take root in stolen soil and friendships will define lives, but only some will find their place on the other side of the world.'Master storyteller Christina Baker Kline is at her best in this epic tale of Australia's complex history-a vivid and rewarding feat of both empathy and imagination. I loved this book' Paula McLain, bestselling author of The Paris Wife

Christina Baker Kline is the author of seven novels, including the #1New York Times bestsellerOrphan Train. Her other novels includeBird in Hand,The Way Life Should Be,Desire Lines, andSweet Water, as well asOrphan Train Girl, a middle-grade adaptation ofOrphan Train. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in theNew York Times, theSan Francisco Chronicle,Money,More, andPsychology Today, among other publications. She lives in New York City and on the coast of Maine.