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Arriving in Cambridge, Judith wonders how she will settle down until she meets fellow student Jennifer. Narrated by Julia Hills, with Rosina Carbone, Brodie Ross and Oliver Gomm.

Rosamund Lehmann's first novel Dusty Answer records the education of Judith Earle, the only child of an academic father and socialite mother. Judith grew up in the seclusion of a large riverside house in the Thames Valley. The house next door is occupied from time to time by the Fyfe family whose children - cousins Charlie, Roddy, Julian and Martin drift in and out of her life.

Part Three. Judith arrives in Cambridge and can't find her room. She wonders how she will settle down but soon meets fellow student Jennifer who is to become a great friend. During the winter snow, Roddy comes to visit ..

DUSTY ANSWER by Rosamund Lehmann dramatised by Lavinia Greenlaw

Narrator ..... Julia Hills
Judith ..... Rosina Carbone
Roddy ..... Brodie Ross
Martin ..... Oliver Gomm
Jennifer ..... Annabel Scholey
Geraldine ..... Jemima Foxtrot

Directed by Susan Roberts.

15 minutes

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