The Cazalet Chronicles Tome 2
Marking Time

As long as nobody spoke, and no one moved, it was still the very end of peace... Home Place, Sussex, 1939. As the shadows of the Second World War roll in, banishing the sun-drenched days of childish games and trips to the coast, a new generation of Cazalets takes up the family's story. Louise, 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, Rupert, 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. Beautifully and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series, The Cazalet Chronicles.