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Polly and Clary wonder if their lives will ever get easier, while Louise, trapped in an unhappy marriage, gathers the courage to leave her husband, and Rupert returns from France to witness the growing rift between his brothers.

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Main Author:	Howard, Elizabeth Jane (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Washington Square Press, [1997]
Series:	Howard, Elizabeth Jane. Cazalet chronicles ; 4.
Subjects:	Families > England > Sussex > Fiction. Sussex (England) > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. Great Britain > Hisotry > George VI, 1936-1952 > Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction.
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Summary:	Polly and Clary wonder if their lives will ever get easier, while Louise, trapped in an unhappy marriage, gathers the courage to leave her husband, and Rupert returns from France to witness the growing rift between his brothers.
Item Description:	Originally published: London : MacMillan, ©1995.
Physical Description:	482 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	9780671534295 9781529049428
Author Notes:	Elizabeth Jane Howard was born in London, England on March 26, 1923. She was educated by governesses at home. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, was published in 1950 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Her other works include the series the Cazalet Chronicles, Falling, and the autobiography Slipstream. The first two novels of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Light Years and Marking Time, became the BBC TV series The Cazalets in 2001. The other books in the series are Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change. She also edited several anthologies and wrote short stories, articles, television plays, film scripts and a book on food with Fay Maschler. She was made a CBE in 2000. She died on January 2, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography)