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All Change: The Fifth Volume in The Cazalet Chronicles
'Elizabeth Jane Howard is one of those novelists who shows, through her work, what the novel is for .... She helps us to do the necessary thing - open our eyes and our hearts'rn-Hilary MantelrnrnIt is the 1950s and as the Duchy, the Cazalets'beloved matriarch, dies, she takes with her the last remnants of a disappearing world - of houses with servants, of class and tradition - in which the Cazalets have thrived.rnrnLouise, now divorce, becomes entangled in a painful affair; while Polly and Clary must balance marriage and motherhood with their own ideas and ambitions. Hugh and Edward, now in theor sixties, are feeling, ill-equipped for this modern world; while Villy, long abondoned by her husband, must at last learn to live independently. But it is Rachel, who has always lived for others, awho will face her greatest challenges yet....rnrnEvents converge at Christmas; as a new generation of Cazalets descend on Home Place, OOnly ane thing is certain nothing will ever be the same again. rnrn
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