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'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'

This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old castle. On the cusp of adulthood, Cassandra meets the family's growing challenges of poverty and decay with indefatigable humour and insight.

However, her life is turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love. Both a gorgeous study of 1930s England and a sharp exposition of what it's like to be teenage girl, I Capture The Castle is a novel layered with eccentricity and nostalgia.

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.



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The perfect lockdown read - gentle and infused with a glowing warmth, featuring an emotional complexity that makes the simple story rewarding throughout * Independent *

I Capture the Castle

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    A Paperback / softback by Dodie Smith

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 14/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781784877453, 978-1784877453
      ISBN10: 178487745X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'

      This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old castle. On the cusp of adulthood, Cassandra meets the family's growing challenges of poverty and decay with indefatigable humour and insight.

      However, her life is turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love. Both a gorgeous study of 1930s England and a sharp exposition of what it's like to be teenage girl, I Capture The Castle is a novel layered with eccentricity and nostalgia.

      Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.



      Trade Review
      The perfect lockdown read - gentle and infused with a glowing warmth, featuring an emotional complexity that makes the simple story rewarding throughout * Independent *

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