ConfusionDuring the long, dark day of war, the divided and troubled Cazalets begin to find the battle for survival echoing the confusion in their own lives. Headstrong, independent Louise surprises everyone by abandoning her dreams of the stage and making a society marriage. Unhappiness and loneliness, which have also plagued her mother's marriage, quickly settle in - Michael seems more interesting in his ship and his mother, to whom he is extraordinarily close, than in his young bride. And both Michael and his mother are desperate for her to become pregnant, a wish not shared by Louise. Polly and Clary, now in their late teens, finally fulfil their ambition of living together in London. But the reality of the city is not quite as they hoped. Polly is having to come to terms with the death of her mother, as well as look after her grieving father. And Clary - clever, sharp Clary, acutely aware she is neither beautiful like Polly nor striking like Louise - is the only Cazalet who seems to believe that her father might not be dead." --Publisher description. |
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User Review - ParadisePorch - LibraryThingI love this series, the saga of an English family during the years 1939 through the war. Howard's writing is dignified but does not shy away from difficult issues. Read full review
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| Title | Confusion Cazalet Series Book 3 of Cazalet chronicle, Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Author | Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Pan Books, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0330339958, 9780330339957 |
| Length | 481 pages |
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