The Years follows three generations of the middle-class Pargiter family between 1880 and the 1930s. Through a skilful weaving of fragments of conversations and memories, the Pargiter family's triumphs and losses, and their affections and antipathies, are laid bare against a vision of London that is undergoing radical change.
More than the sum of its parts, The Years is a tapestry of personal experiences exploring the minutiae of life that often go unnoticed, and a scathing critique of Victorian values.