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"I don't know another current American writer who could weave the worlds of music and the international concert stage, the claustrophobic life of a great cathedral close, and aspects of the often threatening street life of New York as Miss L'Engle does."--Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal
"Hours of wonderful, suspenseful, provocative, soul-satisfying entertainment."--Norman Lear
"Hours of wonderful, suspenseful, provocative, soul-satisfying entertainment."--Norman Lear
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Katherine Forrester Vigneras, in a continuation of her story from The Small Rain, returns to New York City from Europe to retire. Now in her seventies, she encounters an old friend from her Greenwich Village days who, it turns out, is the former Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This leads to new demands on her resources--human, artistic, psychological, and spiritual--that are entirely unexpected.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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Stunning!,
By Sonia Li (New Brighton, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Severed Wasp (Paperback)
This book completely blew me away...I lived and breathed this and "The Small Rain" for the several days I was reading it. Madeleine L'Engle has a special quality for putting in her characters a realism and essence that unveils the true human nature, flawed yet perfect. She has a wonderful portrayal of the world as it is, and though the books are not always happy, they have a type of hidden joy, an acceptance that they cannot change the world, but they can try to. She has a remarkable talent of being able to touch your very soul, to make you believe there IS something out there, something worth living for, and hope flows throughout her writings even in the darkest times. An altogether awesome book!
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Simply the best!,
By "soccergirl_k87" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Severed Wasp (Hardcover)
This book is easily the best book that I have ever read, or will ever read. I have read and re-read it for years. Every time I will find something intriguing and new. I love this book! :-)
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A master storyteller holds us from page one on...,
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This review is from: Severed Wasp (Paperback)
Great literature, in my opinion, teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. The best literature, though, teaches without us ever knowing we are being taught -- we are so captivated, caught up in the unfolding of events before us, that we fail to realize how deeply we empathize with and truly "know" the characters presented, and therefore we understand/know ourselves just a little better."A Severed Wasp" draws you into a seemingly large cast of characters that all require the reader's attention and empathy. Kudos to an outstanding author for keeping characters, plotlines, and flashbacks so well wrought that this reader couldn't put the book down the first time I read it! Each character has its proper place in the story, and the reader is led to empathize and understand each point of view in its proper place. Completely enjoyable storytelling can be found in these pages. The reading of "A Small Rain" is not necessary to enjoy this book. Reading more of L'Engle's marvelous stories, though, is required -- quite a few of her books are on my shelf of "best literature".
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