Christina Baker Kline’s latest wonder, Orphan Train, makes for compulsive reading–this is a story of resilience in the face of tremendous odds and oppressive loneliness. Meticulously researched and yet full of the breath of life, Kline’s novel takes us on an historical journey where survival depends upon one’s own steely backbone, and the miracle of a large and generous heart. — Helen Schulman, NYT bestselling author of This Beautiful Life