![]() ![]() The house, Green Noah is a castle that has stories of it's own, a place where the present mingles with the past and the past reflects in the future. This part was very alluring to me as a child, I could identify with Tolly alone at Christmas and this house with a loving Grandmother and 'others' was perfect escapism. ![]() Longing for a family and siblings of his own Tolly is interested in the children who used to live there, their portrait hangs on the wall and in the evenings Mrs Oldknow tells stories of this family that lived long ago and were relatives of theirs. Having been worried about how old she was, Tolly was surprised to find that they got on so well they were just like two human beings together, their age didn't matter. ![]() After spending holidays at his boarding school, his Grandmother who is actually a great grandmother asks him to stay with her for the Christmas holidays. Tolly is near enough an orphan, his mother is dead and his father, who has married again is absent from his life. This book is a delight to read aloud, the poetic descriptions, conversations, stories by the fire, interspersed with excerpts of carols make it a magical story to read aloud yourself by your fire just as Tolly and Grandmother Oldknow do themselves by theirs. We reread our favourite book of all time in the lead up to Christmas and finished it today. ![]()
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