Casting Off

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Pan, 2013 - Domestic fiction - 640 pages

The aftermath of war, and the slow dawning of a new era of freedom and opportunity, shape the destinies of the Cazalets in the final volume of this magnificent family saga. Polly, Clary and Louise, now grown up, are ready to discover the truth about the adult world. While Rupert, Hugh and Edward must make the choices that will decide their own - and the family's - future. For the Cazalets, and all those close to them, one end is another beginning.

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User Review  - ParadisePorch - LibraryThing

This was supposed to be the last of the Cazalet Chronicles, but Howard added another 18 years later. I'm so glad - there are always so many loose ends to travel further along.

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User Review  - rosalita - LibraryThing

This is the fourth in a five-volume family saga detailing English life before, during and after World War II. The Cazalet family lies at the heart of the tale, though some of the characters on the ...

About the author

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 most recently for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane Howard's autobiography, Slipstream. In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Casting Off; Cazalet Series; Volume 4 of Cazalet chronicle, Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Author: Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pan, 2013
• ISBN: 0330344811, 9780330344814
• Length: 640 pages