The Sea Change

From the bestselling author of The Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis.Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never fully buried the memory of their dead daughter, Sarah. Rich but discontented, they flit from capital to capital in the company of their hero-worshipping young manager.Then Alberta, straight from an English vicarage and the pages of Jane Austen, is appointed as Emmanuel's secretary. This prim and utterly delightful figure helps the family in ways they didn't know they needed. One by one the leopards change their spots . . .

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Jane Howard, Howard Elizabeth Jane, Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781447272250
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-7225-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York City, London, Greater London, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Athens, Literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary