Casting Off

I loved this book and have read all the installments. This is the last Volume.- I wish she had written more about this family. If you enjoy stories about Britian during WWII, with a terrific cast of characters you won't be able to put this down. But start with the first Volume "The Light Years" and read them in order. All of her books are really good.

The fourth and final volume of "The Cazalet Chronicle" brings to a satisfying conclusion the story of this much-extended English family. Taking place in the aftermath of World War II, each family member grapples with the rationing, food and housing shortages, and other deprivations the English endured. Marriages break apart and new unions are formed, pregnancy shatters the life of one cousin while another eagerly anticipates motherhood, new careers are begun, family rifts pit brother against brother, and old loves are rekindled as the Cazalets head into the future. Elizabeth Jane Howard writes the intimate details of their lives with a warmth,humor, and passion that is almost magical.

I, too, have been left hanging and am eagerly awaiting this last book, as I know it too will receive a five star rating from me. I can recommend both the books and the tapes in this series to be among the best. Keep writing, Ms. Howard!

Superb, superb, superb! I can't praise the four volumes in this series highly enough. They are beautifully written, emotionally intense books that you will enjoy if you are interested in history, family sagas, English novels, or psychological portraits. I'll never forget the section where Polly cleans out her mother's room. Heartrending and written with great insight. Please, Ms. Howard, don't let "Casting Off" be the last!

this book should be reprinted, because I plan to read volumes 2, 3 and I should be able to read Volume 4! This makes me very angry! Please reprint this book.