The fourth book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. With peace finally declared, Casting Off follows the challenges of the Cazalet family emerging from wartorn Britain. Now reissued with a fresh cover look.The war is finally over and the slow dawning of a new era of freedom and opportunity is opening up for the Cazalets.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 - futures.For the Cazalets, and all those close to them, one end is another beginning.The Cazalet Chronicles is Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling five-part series: The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change."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." Hilary Mantel