Book 622

The Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather, 1915.

This book may be part of a trilogy, but it stands just fine on its own.

Thea is a magnetic character.  I mean that in the sense that she does attract lesser spheres into her orbit.  But I also mean that in the sense that a magnet has two opposite poles.  She repels those who are most like her, and she swings from passion to passion.

I am an ordinary person with a small stable of talents.  After reading this book, I am grateful for my ordinariness.