London and Sussex, 1942. The privileged English family in turmoil... The long, dark days of struggle provide the poignant background to the third book of the Cazalet Chronicles.

As the war enters its fourth year, chaos has become a way of life. Both in the still peaceful Sussex countryside, and in air-raid-threatened London, the divided Cazalets begin to find the battle for survival echoing the confusion in their own lives. Read the next books in the series, Casting Off and All Change, or start from the beginning with The Light Years and Marking Time.