The Song of the Lark

The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman.

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.

"Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic" — Helen Dunmore

"'The Song of the Lark' illuminates all her work" — A. S. Byatt

"Lingers long in the memory" — Joyce Carol Oates