If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams, and want a book written with great love, to be humorous but earnest from start to finish, Howls Moving Castle is a perfect place to start. Financial Planner Milo Benningfield says he has a client who did something she never expected to do: rent out a room in her San Francisco house. Both the narrative and the dialogue sparkle with Jones characteristic flair, allowing the story to both see charm in the deepest flaws of its characters, while also pushing gentle critiques and the value of self-improvement. 3 Ways Your House Can Make Money for You. What follows is a highly original and unusual sequence of events, which pushes Sophie to grow in bravery and ingenuity. Filled with her characteristic wit and copious literature references in this case to patterns of fairy-tale storytelling and the poems of John Donne, Howls Moving Castle focuses on Sophie, who is cursed by an evil witch and leaves home, eventually finding herself as the cleaning lady for Howl, a great and feared wizard. Before ever being made into a film by Studio Ghibli, Howls Moving Castle was a book penned by British author Diana Wynne Jones.
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