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The Sea Change
- Author
- Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble, Emma Gregory
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 13 August 2026
- Run Time
- 12 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to life with dual narration by Jonathan Keeble and Emma Gregory
From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis.
Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never fully buried the memory of their dead daughter, Sarah. Rich but discontented, they flit from capital to capital in the company of their hero-worshipping young manager.
Then Alberta, straight from an English vicarage and the pages of Jane Austen, is appointed as Emmanuel's secretary. This prim and utterly delightful figure helps the family in ways they didn't know they needed. And, slowly, she will change their lives forever . . .
'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
Critics Review
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The characterization is the triumph of this book. Miss Howard has a exquisite sense of place.
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Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her
Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble, Emma Gregory
- Duration
- 12 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037419799
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Modern and Contemporary romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Classic fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
Brought to life with dual narration by Jonathan Keeble and Emma Gregory From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis.Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never fully buried the memory of their dead daughter, Sarah. Rich but discontented, they flit from capital to capital in the company of their hero-worshipping young manager.Then Alberta, straight from an English vicarage and the pages of Jane Austen, is appointed as Emmanuel's secretary. This prim and utterly delightful figure helps the family in ways they didn't know they needed. And, slowly, she will change their lives forever . . .'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
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