The Small Rain: A Novel

The Small Rain: A Novel

<div>Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i>, <i>A Swiftly Planet</i>, and <i>Certain Women</i>. <i>The Small Place</i>, an adult novel, focuses on Katherine Forrester, the daughter of distinguished musical artists, whose career as a concert pianist evolves through loves and losses. Katherine is a child growing up in a refined, yet bohemian, artistic ambience--theatrical as well as musical . . . . [Her] adolescence is lonely and difficult, but as Katherine advances to young womanhood, her heart as well as her talent is promisingly engaged (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).<br></div>