In Conversation with Christina Baker Kline

Roxana Robinson will discuss her new novel Leaving (Norton, 2024) in conversation with Christina Baker Kline.

An engrossing exploration of the vows we make to one another, the tensile relationships between parents and their children, and what we owe to others and ourselves, “Leaving is a tour de force—unfailingly clear-eyed, and its final impact shatters." (Washington Post) It was named a New York Times Editors' Choice.

Roxana Robinson is the award-winning author of seven novels and three short story collections. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, and other publications. She lives in New York City and Connecticut, spends as much time as she can in Maine, and teaches in the MFA program at Hunter College.

Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, and the author and/or editor of five nonfiction books. She is published in more than 40 countries; her books are taught in universities, colleges, and high schools.

This event will be held at the MDI High School auditorium and is co-sponsored by the Northeast Harbor Library, Southwest Harbor Library, and Jesup Memorial Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.