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Biographical note
Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born on the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, in Buckinghamshire, England, the second of four children. In 1927, a few years after graduating from the University of Cambridge, she published her first novel, Dusty Answer, to critical acclaim and instantaneous celebrity. Lehmann continued to write and publish between 1930 and 1976, penning works including The Weather in the Streets, The Ballad and the Source, and the short memoir The Swan in the Evening. Lehmann was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished novelists of the twentieth century.Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes
- English PEN,
Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen. It is also <b>beautifully written and devised</b>
- Elizabeth Jane Howard,
Not to worry: Shad and company will rescue Sarah before the worst happens, and her traumatic experience will enable her to<b> start filling bigger canvases</b>
Kirkus Reviews
Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen. It is also beautifully written and devised
ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD