{"product_id":"9781035042456","title":"Marking Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs war breaks out in Britain, the Cazalet family wonders if their lives will ever return to normal. Beautifully and poignantly told, \u003ci\u003eMarking Time\u003c\/i\u003e is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's landmark \u003ci\u003eCazalet Chronicles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome Place, Sussex, 1939. As the shadows of the Second World War roll in, banishing the sunlit days of childish games and trips to the coast, a new generation of Cazalets take up the family's story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouise, who dreams of becoming a great actress, finds herself facing the harsh reality that her parents have their own lives with secrets, passions and yearnings. Clary, an aspiring writer, learns that her beloved father is now missing somewhere on the shores of France. And sensitive, imaginative Polly feels stuck - stuck without a vocation, stuck without information about her mother's illness, stuck without anything except her nightmares about the war...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContinue Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling and enduring \u003ci\u003eCazalet Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eConfusion, Casting Off,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll Change.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Jane Howard","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | B-format paperback |  2024-09-03","offer_id":45664438976767,"sku":"9781035042456","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_df9bb5d7-abbb-487c-89d0-629f32d7c15f.jpg?v=1717706768","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781035042456","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}