Elizabeth Jane Howard

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Title: The Sea Change: Description:
The relationships of four people shift and twist as they jet around the world.

Title: Slipstream: A Memoir: Description:
Born in London in 1923, Elizabeth Jane Howard was privately educated at home, moving on to short-lived careers as an actress and model, before writing her first acclaimed novel, "The Beautiful Visit", in 1950. She has written 12 highly regarded novels, most recently "Falling". Her Cazalet Chronicles have become established as modern classics and were recently filmed by the BBC. She has been married three times - firstly to Peter Scott, the naturalist and son of Captain Scott, and most famously and tempestuously to Kingsley Amis. It was Amis' son by another marriage, Martin, to whom she introduced the works of Jane Austen and ensured that he received the education that would be the grounding of his own literary career. Her closest friends have included some of the greatest writers and thinkers of the day - Laurie Lee, Arthur Koestler and cecil Day-Lewis, among others. "Slipstream" is honest and unflinching, it illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of Elizabeth Jane Howard.

Title: Falling: Description:
Love story/ sensitive portrayal of contemporary life.

Title: Marking Time (cazalet Chronicle): Description:
Home Place, Sussex, 1939. The English family at war... The sunlit days of childish games and family meals are over, as the shadows of war roll in to cloud the lives of one English family. At Home Place, the windows are blacked out and food is becoming scarce. And a new generation of Cazalets takes up the story...

Title: Casting Off (cazalet Chronicle): Description:
The final volume in the Cazalet Chronicle quartet. Opening in July 1945, this novel progresses through to 1947, following Rupert's life as he struggles with normality and the difficulty of finding his position back in the family. Polly, Clary and Louise also feature in the book.

Title: The Light Years: Vol.1 (cazalet Chronicle): Description:
The first novel of a trilogy that chronicles the fortunes of the Cazalet family, from the early days of 1937 when the wear and tear of family life with parents, children, servants and lovers is infiltrated by the anxiety about German air power, Czechoslovakia and Chamberlain's trips to see Hitler.

Title: Casting Off (cazalet Chronicle): Description:
The fourth and final volume of the "Cazalet Chronicle" opens in July 1945. At the end of "Confusion", Rupert has finally been found. Now, as the novel progresses through to 1947, we follow Rupert's life as he struggles with normality and the difficulty of finding his position back in the family.

Title: The Light Years: Description:
The first novel of a trilogy that chronicles the fortunes of the Cazalet family, from the early days of 1937 when the wear and tear of family life with parents, children, servants and lovers is infiltrated by the anxiety about German air power, Czechoslovakia and Chamberlain's trips to see Hitler.