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After living in Europe, Katherine Forrester Vigneras retires in New York City. In her seventies, she reconnects with an old friend from Greenwich Village who is now the Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The concert brings unexpected human, artistic, psychological, and spiritual demands that test Katherine’s resources and resolve.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Psychological Drama
Authors: Madeleine L'Engle
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