The Song of the Lark

<p><b>The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman</b><br><br>Thea 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.<br><br>'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' Helen Dunmore<br><br>'<i>The Song of the Lark</i> illuminates all her work' A. S. Byatt<br><br>'Lingers long in the memory' Joyce Carol Oates</p> <p><b>The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman</b><br><br>Thea 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.<br><br>'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' Helen Dunmore<br><br>'<i>The Song of the Lark</i> illuminates all her work' A. S. Byatt<br><br>'Lingers long in the memory' Joyce Carol Oates</p>