The Song of the Lark

The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young womanThea Kronberg a young girl from a small town in Colorado has a great gift - her beautiful singing voice. Her talent takes her to the great opera houses of Europe and through ambition and hard work she forges a life as an artist. But if she can never go home again nor can she leave behind her past. At last in a desert canyon in Arizona Thea has a revelation that will allow her to attain a new state of spirituality and become a truly great artist.''Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive sometimes lovely often tragic'' Helen Dunmore''The Song of the Lark illuminates all her work'' A. S. Byatt''Lingers long in the memory'' Joyce Carol Oates