The Light Years
27 June 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
As seen on BBC Two's 'Between the Covers'
Told with exceptional grace, The Light Years is a modern classic of twentieth-century English life and is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s extraordinary, bestselling family saga, The Cazalet Chronicles.
'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
1937. Every summer, the...
Details
27 June 2024592 pages
9781035042449Imprint: Picador
Reviews
What magic transforms a book into a compelling, moving, unputdownable read? I don’t know, but whatever it is, [The Cazalet Chronicles] have it. The characters! I cared about them so much. They behave in interesting, venal, believable ways. They’re recognisably human: frustrating, flawed, lovable. Maybe my favourite books everMarian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
She 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 heartsHilary Mantel, bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy
The Light Years is an immense piece of work and should be read by everyone. She writes about family relationships in the most moving and beautiful wayBella Mackie, bestselling author of How to Kill Your Family
Like [Elena] Ferrante, Howard’s fictional sphere is domestic and yet reveals deeper truths about human natureElizabeth Day, bestselling author of Magpie
