Join author New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline as she discusses her new book “The Exiles” with award-winning author Monica Wood.

“The Exiles” is a powerful, emotionally resonant novel that captures the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of four women’s lives—three English convicts and an orphaned Aboriginal girl—in nineteenth-century Australia. Christina Baker Kline has established herself as a novelist who plumbs noteworthy but little-known facets of the past, and “The Exiles” marks her third foray into the genre. While Orphan Train and A Piece of the World were grounded in American history, “The Exiles” makes a bold geographic and cultural leap, and confirms Kline’s place among the finest talents writing today. While most English convicts transported to Australia were men, 25,000 were women. Kline explores the development of Australia from a fresh perspective, telling the story of this fascinating, blood-soaked land and its legacy with the grace, beauty, empathy, and insight—and the rich, full-bodied characters—that are the hallmarks of her work.