Description
Marking Time is the second book in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s acclaimed Cazalet Chronicles and follows the younger generation of the family as the Second World War finally breaks into their previously sheltered world. The carefree days of childhood at Home Place are over: windows are being blacked out, food is harder to come by and life is beginning to tighten around everyone.
Louise dreams of becoming an actress while stuck in a dull domestic training course; Clary is recording everything in her Book of Experiences – especially the things adults prefer not to talk about; and Polly, carrying truths too heavy for her age, wonders why others can’t face honesty. With war raging outside and adulthood looming inside, the three girls struggle to understand who they are and where they belong in a world changing faster than they can grow.
Tender, insightful and sharply observed, Marking Time shows how adolescence becomes even more intense under the shadow of war – days of boredom interrupted by sudden drama, loss and unexpected revelations. A powerful and worthy successor to The Light Years.
