The second book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. As war breaks out in Britain, Marking Time follows a family wondering if their lives will ever return to normal. Now reissued with a fresh cover look.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 as a new generation of Cazalets takes up the story. Louise dreams of being a great actress, Clary is an aspiring writer, while Polly is burdened with knowledge and the need to share it.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