![]() Cassandra's beautiful sister Rose is a self-proclaimed gold digger, who vows she'd make a deal with the devil to get out of their financial straits. Things are falling apart, they're always a little hungry, and nobody has earned a cent for months.Īll the Mortmains felt like family by the time I reached the end. ![]() He's had writer's block for several years, and his lecture circuit days are far behind him. But behind closed doors, everything is shabby and ramshackle. They live in an ancient castle, and her father is the celebrated author of a best-seller. ![]() ![]() On the surface, her family's lifestyle appears romantic and idyllic. The story is written in the form of 17-year-old Cassandra's diary. It's set in the English countryside in 1934. I don't know why it took me so long to ever read this, because it was delightful. ![]() By the time the last diary shuts, there have been great changes in the Mortmain household, not the least of which is that Cassandra is deeply, hopelessly, in love. Through six turbulent months of 1934, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain keeps a journal, filling three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries about her home, a ruined Suffolk castle, and her eccentric and penniless family. ![]()
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