This is the final volume of The Cazalet Chronicle, the quartet of
novels chronicling the lives of a British family before, during, and
after the Second World War. VE Day has been celebrated, but the war with
Japan goes on. Polly, Clary, and Louise are grown up, discovering
loneliness, loss, and passion. Rupert, missing in France for so long,
returns to find Zoe curiously withdrawn; Edward will be forced to choose
between wife and mistress; Hugh must finally accept Sybil's death.
Casting Off shows us the lives of these individuals, but also gives us
a panoramic view of what was happening in England during the crucial
post-war period.