In that novel, this is the profession of the only female hostage not released by the (*) terrorists who take over the vice presidential mansion of an unnamed South American country.
A character with this profession recalls the eighteen-hour flight that began with her work partner declaring his passionate love for her, as she later watches that work partner slip into a fatal diabetic coma. That character with this profession has an affair with an industrialist, but marries the industrialist's translator after the industrialist is killed while shielding a young woman from the bullets of government troops. In that novel, this is the profession of the only female hostage not released by the (*) terrorists who take over the vice presidential mansion of an unnamed South American country. One character gains money to study for this profession from the life insurance of a train conductor named Ray who dies in a wreck. That character becomes enamored of the ruins of cliff-dwellers while in Panther Canyon, Arizona with Fred Ottenburg. For 10 points, name this profession of Roxanne Coss in Ann Patchett's Bel Canto and Thea Kronborg in Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark.
A character with this profession recalls the eighteen-hour flight that began with her work partner declaring his passionate love for her, as she later watches that work partner slip into a fatal diabetic coma.
opera singer [prompt on "musician"]