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The Sea Change (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Jane Howard (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (5 May 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330338315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330338318
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 444,116 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Emmanuel is a famous playwright and Lilian is his sickly and embittered wife, unable to forget the death of her only child. Rich but discontented, they travel from city to city in the company of their hero-worshipping manager. Then Alberta is appointed as Emmanuel's secretary.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One iof the best books I have read., 28 Aug 1999
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The synapsis does not do this book justice. It is really a detailed character study of 4 people, as they travel together and their lives gradually change direction. Very honest emotionally and well written, as is typical of this author.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of detailed thinking, 10 Sep 2009
By E. Shaw "Kokoschka's_cat" (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews
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In this beautifully-written, modulated and very thoughtful book, Elizabeth Jane Howard describes an entirely vanished world. This was her first book, published in 1959, and in her book Slipstream: A Memoir she describes her disappointment at how little notice was taken by the intelligentsia. Her writing did not really receive its due until the publication of the Cazalet books - a quartet saga set before, during and after WWII, which were bestsellers, with women readers in particular.

There is an extraordinary amount of detailed thinking from all four of the main characters who are all intelligent, highly strung and deeply reflective people. Emmanuel, a playwright, is trying to find the right actress to take part in his play which is about to be put on in New York. His wife, Lilian, is looking for a secretary for him, preferably one he won't seduce as the latest one has recently tried (and failed) to commit suicide after learning she wouldn't be accompanying him to New York. Jimmy, Emmanuel's right-hand man in the theatre business has lots of chips on his shoulder, primarily related to being an orphan, and the new secretary, Alberta, is a sweet, innocent girl of 19 with a large family living in genteel poverty in the English countryside.

The story takes place in London, New York and on a Greek island and is tremendously engaging, providing one can take the deep introspection and rather tortuous sequences of thought each of the protagonists goes through. The writing is old-fashioned but not dull and the characters, for all their introspective similarities are distinct and provoking. Self-insight is important and valued in this book, and each character has it to a varying degree and at a different stage, so intellectually, this book is quite demanding. If you don't care for the workings of people's minds, you won't like this book. It has as much ambition as the Cazalet chronicles, but in a different direction. Where the Cazalet books tend to preserve a balance between feisty and intricate plotting and life, love and family events, The Sea Change is mostly a book about interior processes of discovery on a somewhat more static plane. However, the characters are lively and engaging. I enjoyed it.
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