The song of the lark.
Edition: [New ed.]
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1943
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 580
Subjects: Women singers -- Fiction; Children of clergy -- Fiction; Swedish Americans -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Opera -- Fiction; Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction; Colorado -- Fiction
Description: Born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest, Thea Kronborg is one of seven children. But Thea is exceptional, a fact recognized by a discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado to Chicago, from Dresden to New York, culminating in a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Thea has become a great singer, but she also learns that as a true artist, she must make the most bitter sacrifices of all.