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Dinah hopes the new home provided by Gomer Gwynne will be a fresh start for her and her mother. She dreams it is a castle, imagines bedrooms with four poster beds, a drawing room with a glittering chandelier, exquisitely decorated for Christmas But Gomer has given them a crumbling house, with no central heating, faulty electricity - a condemned building. He sees Dinah as a little girl, wants to get her out of the way to take her mother out drinking and dining. Alone, angry, Dinah has no idea of the force she ca unleash. From the castle in the city, a stone lioness leaps off the wall and comes to Dinah's garden, followed by a bear, followed by a wolf. The savage animals protect the house, protect Dinah, but at a price. Her friends at school are beginning to be aware of what's going on, but Dinah pursues her dream of Christmas in the big house, tricking her mother into letting her stay there alone. But when she needs to leave, the animals won't let her, she needs the strength of the strange cat outside the gates to help her through. The cat leads her on, across town, out to the grave of her great-grandmother, where she finds her family at last. Dinah will live, not in a dingy house with the mother who wants only her own life, but in the beautiful mountains with her great-grandfather, who loves her.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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The story of Dinah. An eleven year old with a painful childhood. To aid her defence from unhappiness she draws to her the spirits of the stone animals that guard Cardiff castle. As christmas approaches will she be able to break through her own defences and escape to a happpier future? A story that is well told and constantly engaging. It is peopled with characters that you always want to know more about. My only complaint is that there are many other stories to be told about the people here and little chance that we will ever hear them. However I would heartily recommend this book.
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This is a strange book that put me in mind of Pauline Fisk's award winning "Midnight Blue". Dinah is a bright young girl with a challenging childhood. Her mother has a new boyfriend with a dilapidated house in Cardiff that they move into. But the relationship between Dinah and the boyfriend - Gomer - is a poor one, with no love lost on either side.
Somehow Dinah manages to unleash forces relating to the stone images at the nearby castle. The ensuing story is somewhat disturbing - and the question is whether she will be able to control the forces she has unleashed. Will her school friends be able to help?
This is an interesting, and somewhat strange book. Worth reading though.
Somehow Dinah manages to unleash forces relating to the stone images at the nearby castle. The ensuing story is somewhat disturbing - and the question is whether she will be able to control the forces she has unleashed. Will her school friends be able to help?
This is an interesting, and somewhat strange book. Worth reading though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book whilst I was at school. I just picked it up in the library by chance and loved it. I loved the idea of the stone animals coming to life to protect dinah. When I was about 18 I found it in a book shop and bought it. Since it was my favourite book I thought it riciculous I didn't own it. I still read it from time to time now. I would reccomend it whole-heartedly it's utterly magical.
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