The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard

If you’re not yet acquainted with the delights of the Cazalet clan, a summer’s afternoon is just the time to dive right in. Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling five-part series begins fairly gently, on a country estate just before the outbreak of World War II. On the surface, the Cazalet siblings and their families occupy a golden world of picnics, tennis and twilight cocktails. But delve a little deeper, and fractures are starting to show – in marriages, in jobs and on a world stage. Howard’s magic lies in her ability to really capture her characters, and her warm, endearing style is impossible to resist.

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