the sequel to AN INVITATION TO THE WALTZ a novel of searing honesty and a passionate portrayal of forbidden love
Taking up where "Invitation to the Waltz "left off, "The Weather in the Streets" shows us Olivia Curtis ten years older, a failed marriage behind her, thinner, sadder, and apprently not much wiser. A chance encounter on a train with a man who enchanted her as a teenager leads to a forbidden love affair and a new world of secret meetings, brief phone calls, and snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its time when first published, this subtle and powerful novel shocked even the most stalwart Lehmann fans with its searing honesty and passionate portrayal of clandestine love.
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- the sequel to AN INVITATION TO THE WALTZ * a novel of searing honesty and a passionate portrayal of forbidden love
Taking up where "Invitation to the Waltz "left off, "The Weather in the Streets" shows us Olivia Curtis ten years older, a failed marriage behind her, thinner, sadder, and apprently not much wiser. A chance encounter on a train with a man who enchanted her as a teenager leads to a forbidden love affair and a new world of secret meetings, brief phone calls, and snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its time when first published, this subtle and powerful novel shocked even the most stalwart Lehmann fans with its searing honesty and passionate portrayal of clandestine love.
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Taking up where AN INVITATION TO THE WALTZ left off, THE WEATHER IN THE STREETS shows us Olivia Curtis ten years older, a failed marriage behind her, thinner, sadder, and apprently not much wiser. A chance encounter on a train with a man who enchanted her as a teenager leads to a forbidden love affair and a new world of secret meetings, brief phone calls and snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its time when first published, this subtle and powerful novel shocked even the most stalwart Lehmann fans with its searing honesty and passionate portrayal of clandestine love.
Critic Reviews
“'…the first writer to filter her stories through awoman's feelings & perceptions' Anita BROOKNER 'She makes amood, an atmosphere, which is entirely hers & is neverforgotten…the inner voice of women talking to themselvesabout their love affairs, knowing that it's hopeless, having to goahead anyway, expecting the end as soon as it begins' S.T.'She isimmensely readable, acute, passionate, funny & original'Elizabeth Jane Howard”
'...the first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings & perceptions' - Anita Brookner 'She is immensely readable, acute, passionate, funny and original' - Elizabeth Jane Howard
About the Author
Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born in Buckinghamshire and educated privately before going to Girton College, Cambridge, as a scholar. She was made a CBE in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished writers of the 20th century.
Taking up where "Invitation to the Waltz "left off, "The Weather in the Streets" shows us Olivia Curtis ten years older, a failed marriage behind her, thinner, sadder, and apprently not much wiser. A chance encounter on a train with a man who enchanted her as a teenager leads to a forbidden love affair and a new world of secret meetings, brief phone calls, and snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its time when first published, this subtle and powerful novel shocked even the most stalwart Lehmann fans with its searing honesty and passionate portrayal of clandestine love.
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