371 pages
English language
Published July 1, 1985 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
371 pages
English language
Published July 1, 1985 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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).