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").