DUSTY ANSWER, Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, was published to sensational acclaim in 1927 and became a landmark book of the inter-war period, shocking in its time, capturing the voice of the younger generation.

Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love, of mothers and daughters - MARGARET DRABBLEThe lyrical, sensuous quality of her descriptive writing and her clear yet compassionate insight into individual psychology puts her immediately into the front rank of English writers - THE TIMESIt will consume you entirely, transforming your whole inner life for the time it takes to read - Jonathan CoeLehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love, of mothers and daughters - MARGARET DRABBLEThe lyrical, sensuous quality of her descriptive writing and her clear yet compassionate insight into individual psychology puts her immediately into the front rank of English writers - THE TIMESIt will consume you entirely, transforming your whole inner life for the time it takes to read - Jonathan Coe