The Small Rain
Madeleine 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
).