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Casting Off

by Elizabeth Jane Howard · 1995

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The long-awaited final volume of Howard's superb quartet of novels that chronicles the lives of an extended family. With the excitement of VE Day come and gone, England remains locked in the drab grip of deprivation. Against this backdrop of a crumbling empire, a number of startling events unfolds, including deaths, weddings, a shattering pregnancy, and divorces.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
familyfamilyMore like thisLess of thissagasagaMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisSussexSussexMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 496 pages

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