Song of the Lark

“It was a wond’rous storm that drove me!” Set in fictional Moonstone, Colorado at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows Thea Kronborg. Thea has a musical gift and leaves her hometown for Chicago to become a well-trained pianist. While her pursuit takes her to major cities in the US and Europe, she still remembers her small town and the people she encountered there. The second book in Willa Cather’s “Prairie Trilogy” series published after O Pioneers! and before My Antonia.