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Something in Disguise
Something in Disguise | Elizabeth Jane Howard
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An unforgettable novel about love, family, life, and death in 1960s England Col. Herbert Brown-Lacys daughter, Alice, is getting marriedmore to escape her father than anything else. Though in truth Alices stepmother May has been nicer than her previous stepmotherand even her own mother. But Mays grown children, Oliver and Elizabeth, are certain their mother made a terrible mistake in her marriage to the dull-as-dishwater Herbert. May clearly didnt marry him for his money or intellectual prowessand at her age sex appeal was out of the questionso why did she marry him? Thats something May, whose first marriage ended in tragedy when her husband, Clifford, was killed during the war, is starting to wonder herself. Maybe shes a woman who needs to be married. With Oliver and Elizabeth in London discovering life on their own terms, Alice is also questioning her impulsive marriage to Leslie Mount. As crisis draws the disparate members of this patchwork family togetherand apartfrom the English countryside to the Cote d'Azur to Jamaica, a shocking occurrence will shatter lives. From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Something in Disguise is a story about familial love, married love, love at first sight, and love that isnt love at all.
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shawnmooney
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@shawnmooney and I have been reading the novels of Elizabeth Jane Howard in publication order and this is our current read. As usual, it‘s brilliant!

Ruthiella Beautiful (first?) edition! 😍 7mo
BarbaraBB Love this author! 7mo
Tamra Looks 🥹 7mo
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LeahBergen @Ruthiella Thanks, it is a first edition! These covers are so different from the recently republished ones. 😆 7mo
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB I do, too! 7mo
LeahBergen @Tamra I‘m still early enough into this book where I‘m trying to figure out why this was a choice of cover art. 😆 7mo
Cathythoughts This sounds like a good one 👍🏻❤️ Stacked. 7mo
Bookbuyingaddict I love ❤️ EJH this is on my stack too be interested to know how you enjoy it 🙂😍 7mo
Suet624 Which book of hers would you suggest I read to see if I enjoy her writing? 6mo
LeahBergen @Suet624 She‘s recently most famous for her Cazalet Chronicles series (I have those waiting to read on my shelf!). The first one is 6mo
LeahBergen @Suet624 As to the ones I‘ve read? I really enjoyed this one (Something in Disguise) or you might like 6mo
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Lindy I agree! Satin = Satan! No thanks. 7mo
julesG @Lindy I agree. Satin is a hellish fabric to work with (and wear). 7mo
Lindy @julesG 👯 7mo
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