The Beautiful Visit Av Elizabeth Jane Howard

<p><b>As the First World War takes hold, a young girl comes of age in a troubled London. Capturing the longing, excitement and poignant comedy of adolescence, <i>The Beautiful Visit</i> is the debut novel from the beloved author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard.<br><br>'She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts' – Hilary Mantel, author of <i>Wolf Hall</i></b><br><br><i>Life had been distinctly lacking in possibilities for this young girl – until The Visit. But, ever afterwards, just remembering the smell of the Lancings' house would enrapture her.</i><br><br>As she makes her way through life in the city, that memory will take her back – back to that very first day when Lucy and Gerald had picked her up from the station . . .<br><br><b>Beginning and ending with a visit to the same family, <i>The Beautiful Visit</i> is a novel full of love, loss, and marked by the ever-lasting effect of war.</b></p>