Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard Paperback Book

Description: Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard With peace finally declared, Casting Off follows the challenges of the Cazalet family emerging from war-torn Britain. This is the fourth book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, adapted into a BBC radio and TV series. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howards magnificent Cazalet Chronicles.Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever - Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite MistakeThe Cazalet cousins are now in their twenties, trying to piece together their lives in the aftermath of the Second World War. Louise is faced with her fathers new mistress and her mothers grief at his betrayal, while suffering a loveless marriage of her own. Clary is struggling to understand why her beloved father chose to stay in France long after it was safe to return to Britain, and both she and Polly are madly in love with much older men.As Polly, Clary and Louise face the truth about the adult world, their fathers - Rupert, Hugh and Edward - must make choices that will decide their own, and the familys, future.She helps us to do the necessary thing - open our eyes and our hearts - Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of The Mirror and the LightCasting Off is the heartbreaking and heartwarming fourth instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howards bestselling series. It is followed by All Change, the fifth and final book in the series. Author Biography Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles - The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change - have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. In 2000 she was awarded a CBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List, and in 2002 Macmillan published her autobiography, Slipstream. She died, aged ninety, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014. Review What magic transforms a book into a compelling, moving, unputdownable read? I dont know, but whatever it is, [The Cazalet Chronicles] have it. The characters! I cared about them so much. They behave in interesting, venal, believable ways. Theyre recognisably human: frustrating, flawed, lovable. Maybe my favourite books ever -- Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite MistakeShe is one of those novelists who shows, through her work, what the novel is for . . . She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts -- Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogyLike [Elena] Ferrante, Howards fictional sphere is domestic and yet reveals deeper truths about human nature -- Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of MagpieHoward is a sharp observer of human drama and psychology, and writes about pain, loss and longing superbly well -- Monica Ali, bestselling author of Love MarriageI dont know how Id managed to miss [The Cazalet Chronicles] until now, but theyre absolute heaven -- Meg Mason, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss[N]o detail is too small to be included, so charged with significance is the material envelope of that lost world -- Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of After the FuneralA dazzling historical reconstruction -- Penelope Fitzgerald, Booker Prize-winning author of OffshoreCharming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . to be cherished and shared * The Times *The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman * Sunday Telegraph * Promotional The fourth book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. With peace finally declared, Casting Off follows the challenges of the Cazalet family emerging from war-torn Britain. Details ISBN1035042479 Author Elizabeth Jane Howard Pages 656 Audience Age 18 Publisher Pan Macmillan Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781035042470 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-06-27 Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-06-27 Series Cazalet Chronicles ISBN-10 1035042479 NZ Release Date 2024-12-09 AU Release Date 2024-12-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160527296;

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