# The Light Years

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- Book: [The Light Years](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-jane-howard/the-light-years) ([The Light Years.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-jane-howard/the-light-years.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Jane Howard](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-jane-howard)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-10-3504-244-9
- Pages: 592
- Published: 2024-06-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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 ever