![]() Only fifteen years old and a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, Penelope embraces the challenge of her new position. Luckily, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess. "Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels. And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.įor Cath, the question is: Can she do this?Ĭan she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?Īnd does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?" She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.Ĭath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.īut for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she’s really good at it. "A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.
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