Dimensions
199 x 131 x 23mm
diary for her innermost thoughts, a china ornament, a ten-shilling note and a roll of flame-coloured silk for her first evening dress; these are the gifts Olivia Curtis receives for her seventeenth birthday. She anticipates her first dance, the greatest yet most terrifying event of her restricted social life, with tremulous uncertainty and excitement. For her pretty, charming sister Kate, the dance is sure to be a triumph, but what will it be for shy, awkward Olivia
Rosamond Lehmann, one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century, perfectly captures the emotions of a girl poised on the threshold of womanhood.
