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 Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles.
'What magic transforms a book into a compelling, moving, unputdownable read? . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
The 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 father’s new mistress and her mother’s 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 family’s, future.
'She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts' – Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of The Mirror and the Light
Casting Off is the heartbreaking and heartwarming fourth instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series. It is followed by All Change, the fifth and final book in the series.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529049428
Number of pages: 656
Weight: 430 g
Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 44 mm
If I were sent to a desert island with one book this would be my choice - Her Majesty Queen Camilla
Charming, poignant and quite irresistible . . . To be cherished and shared - The Times
She 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, author of Wolf Hall
The Cazalets have earned an honoured place among the great saga families . . . rendered thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman - Sunday Telegraph
Superb . . . hypnotic . . . very funny - Spectator
Evocative and gracefully written - Cosmopolitan
A family saga of the best kind . . . a must - Tatler
A dazzling historical reconstruction - Penelope Fitzgerald, Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore
This chronicle will be read, like Trollope, as a classic about life in England in our century - Sybille Bedford, author of A Legacy and Jigsaw
Gloriously addictive . . . Family loyalty, betrayals, triumphs, tragedy, births and deaths are all blissfully here, and you become emotionally absorbed in the fate of each character - Daily Mail
This series has sort of lost its way for me. The author has an irritating habit of writing about characters without specifying which characters are talking or thinking, so you spend half the chapter trying to figure... More
What a let down ! The series started with such promise but seemed to get bogged down in adultery and contrived happy endings for a chosen few . It was while I was reading this that I came across an interview with the... More
The fourth volume in a big series in every sense was at one point the place where it all seemed to finish. Happily, I am convinced that you can read it as a standalone book (though I would strongly suggest that you... More
Please sign in to write a review
Would you like to proceed to the App store to download the Waterstones App?
