"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)

The second novel in Willa Cather's Great Plains Trilogy, which includes O Pioneers! and My Ántonia.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PENELOPE LIVELY

'Lingers long in the memory' Joyce Carol Oates

Thea Kronberg, gifted with a beautiful voice, defies her humble beginnings in Colorado and finds success far from her small hometown. But her achievements come with painful drawbacks. As the distance between Thea and her roots increases, she must fight to find her inner strength and reach her full potential. This is a lyrical coming-of-age story charting the struggles of an artist?s life.