The Song Of The Lark (VMC)

by Willa Cather (Author)

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  Paperback
  1989

  $6.40

  Thea Kronborg is born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest. One of seven children, she is somehow set apart, a fact recognised by the discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado, to windy Chicago, from Dresden to New York and a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. She becomes a great opera singer but learns that as a true artist, she must make the most bitter sacrifices of all ...

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.44

  The Song of the Lark tells the story of the growth of a family in God . When Sister Agnes, an Anglican Franciscan nun, began a new life on the remote Scottish island of Fetlar, she laid the foundations for a small community. They are ordinary people who have dedicated themselves to a simple life of prayer and work. The book is illustrated with Sister Agnes' own drawings of island life.