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Cassandra is a young English girl who lives in a crumbling, old castle that has no electricity. Her father is an author, or was one at one time, and since he doesn't write anymore the family lives a poor existence due to his lack of income. Her sister, Rose, has a harder time dealing with their poverty than she does, so she sets out to marry a rich American man, named Simon, whom she doesn't love but only likes because of his money. Cassandra makes an attempt to get her father to write again so
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I was captivated by the 17 year-old narrator, Cassandra. She is wonderfully engaging and believable. EBN48 category: a book with a dwelling in the title
This is one of those books which everyone I knew raved about and now that I have read it, I can completely understand what the fuss was about. Cassandra is the most wonderful voice. I felt like I was listening to my best friend as she spoke. Although the story was simple, it was told so beautifully. I sat up until well into the night to finish it because I just had to know what happened. But I think what struck me most of all was that so many of the thoughts that Cassandra recorded matched my ow
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Wonderful coming of age book with such a beautiful, visual style of writing. Cassandra is a charming character who is aware of, and not afraid of her faults.
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were memorable and eccentric. It had an innocence and sweetness to the writing and the romance was just that it was a very romantic book. I was disappointed that the ending left me unfulfilled, it was too open-ended and felt almost rushed.
For the majority of this book, it read like an Austen novel set in the 1930s. (In a castle). Strangely, as the plot came to a head I started to lose some interest, or maybe I was losing my affection for the characters. All in all, though, it's a quaint read.
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