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17 year old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family are stuggling to survive in a decaying castlin the Englih countryside. Scribbling furiously, dreamily, frustratedly in her notebooks, Cassandra captures the familyl's madly bohemian way of life. There's Topaz, her stepmothe, whose naked moonlight romps are legendary, desperately sophisticated Rose, Cassandra's older sister, whose longing for new tea dresses almost surpased her physical hunger and Father, a sometime writer, grwly and obdurate in the face of his dessicated creativity.
Then the wealthy Cottons become their neighbors and their lives begin to change.
This is an interesting book, especially to read as an adult. It is a peek into the life of a odd family and the viewpoint of the younger daughter. It shows the dawning of first love and all the emotions that go with it. For me, it had echoes of the Anne Frank diaries, in that she gives voice to her feelings and we go right along with her.
Then the wealthy Cottons become their neighbors and their lives begin to change.
This is an interesting book, especially to read as an adult. It is a peek into the life of a odd family and the viewpoint of the younger daughter. It shows the dawning of first love and all the emotions that go with it. For me, it had echoes of the Anne Frank diaries, in that she gives voice to her feelings and we go right along with her.
