![]() It is one of the few books I have ever read that captures the reality of making art. As she starts her first journal, mysterious American strangers appear just beyond the castle walls, and they change everything. However, her other family members are important to note, too, including her artist stepmother, her sister who longs to be free of the poverty the family exists in, and the son of the family’s former maid, whose sweet honesty and hard work serves as a balm among the temperamental family. At the center is her writer father, plagued by a decades-long spell of writer’s block after his first book launched him into academic notoriety. ![]() The narrator, Cassandra, decides that she will teach herself how to be a writer by chronicling the life of her eccentric family. ![]() The novel takes place in the 1930s, in an old, converted castle in the English countryside. By signing up you agree to our terms of use Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. ![]()
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