Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include A Wrinkle in Time , A Swiftly Tilting Planet , and Certain Women. The Small Rain , 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 ).
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Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include A Wrinkle in Time , A Swiftly Tilting Planet , and Certain Women. The Small Rain , 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 ).