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Book Review of The Small Rain

The Small Rain
The Small Rain
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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this ranks as one of my favorite books of all time and definitely something i'd recommend. in essence, it's a coming of age book, sans your typical judy bloom-like horror stories. katherine, the main character, is being raised by her composer-father who is neglectful if not anything else, and her step-mother-actress. the book chronicles the different phases she goes through as she reaches her adulthood. i thought it was very well written (as tends to be my opinion about most l'engle books) and i immediately liked the character.