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"A surprisingly fine first novel ... very good indeed."*
The Small Rain is a charming novel of heart-warming vitality. It is the story of Katherine Forrester, an imaginative, creative young girl, of her loneliness, her struggle for happiness, her love of beauty, and her passionate devotion to her music.
Against a background of Switzerland, Paris, and New York, and of the theatrical and musical worlds, Miss L'Engle plays a delightful literary fugue, not without its haunting overtones. For some discoverers of this fresh new talent, Katherine's school days will remain the most vivid picture, for others the tender, youthful affaire of Charlot and Katherine, for still others the fascination of the music teacher Justin. But all will retain a memory of Miss L'Engle's elusive magic, which creates a tale of young love and youthful aspiration as real as life itself.
—Francis Ludlow in The Retail Bookseller
—from the dust jacket
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