I Capture the Castle

<p>"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" is the memorable first line of this enchanting coming-of-age story, told in the form of Cassandra Mortmain's journal. Cassandra wittily describes life growing up in a crumbling castle, with her father who suffers from crippling writer's block, her glamorous but ineffectual step-mother and her vain but beloved sister Rose. When two visiting Americans arrive, all of their lives are turned upside down, and Cassandra experiences her first love.<br><br>This is a classic coming-of-age story, beloved of generations of teenage and adult readers, by Dodie Smith, who also wrote<i> The Hundred and One Dalmatians.</i></p> <p>"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" is the memorable first line of this enchanting coming-of-age story, told in the form of Cassandra Mortmain's journal. Cassandra wittily describes life growing up in a crumbling castle, with her father who suffers from crippling writer's block, her glamorous but ineffectual step-mother and her vain but beloved sister Rose. When two visiting Americans arrive, all of their lives are turned upside down, and Cassandra experiences her first love.<br><br>This is a classic coming-of-age story, beloved of generations of teenage and adult readers, by Dodie Smith, who also wrote<i> The Hundred and One Dalmatians.</i></p>