{"id":3163,"date":"2026-05-07T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:37:08","slug":"friends-fiction-episode-320-christina-baker-kline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/friends-fiction-episode-320-christina-baker-kline\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends &#038; Fiction: Episode 320 \u2013 Christina Baker Kline"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/iAJKh39A5AQ&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Christina Baker Kline<\/h2>\n<p>On this episode, Patti Callahan Henry &amp; Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome #1 NYT-bestselling author Christina Baker Kline to discuss her new historical novel, The Foursome, a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina \u2014 Kline\u2019s own distant relatives \u2014 who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam. 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