from the dj: "The preceding years of the Depression were overcome and overlaid by the efforts of a generation who both created and reflected the dazzling images of the silver screen: white telephones, silks and furs, foxtrots, dressing up to go shopping, the Mediterranean cruises--an age of niceties, manners and financial drama.Kate Caffrey brings vividly to life what was to be seen in the last look round before the world was plunged into war The book studies England's middle class society and culture which developed to its peak during the last 2 years before the second world war.