The Small Rain: A NovelMadeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Planet, and Certain Women. The Small Place, 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 (Publishers Weekly). |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 42 |
Section 4 | 54 |
Section 5 | 60 |
Section 6 | 71 |
Section 7 | 92 |
Section 8 | 149 |
Section 10 | 167 |
Section 11 | 169 |
Section 12 | 213 |
Section 13 | 228 |
Section 14 | 255 |
Section 15 | 283 |
Section 16 | 288 |
Section 17 | 337 |
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