The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
by Diane Setterfield
Random House, 2006
From the publisher:
Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.
Reclusive author Vida Winter,
famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the
past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now
old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary
existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so
long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own
painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good.
Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness —
featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline
and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess,a topiary garden and a devastating
fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted
them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
Have you read The Thirteenth Tale? Does the description make you want to read it?
Join the online discussion using the comments! (You don't have to be a member of the Evening Readers Group to add a comment.) The Evening Readers will meet to discuss The Thirteenth Tale on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment