Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Thirteenth Tale

The Thirteenth TaleThe Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield, 406 pages

This is a very lovely work of fiction that I can see especially appealing for book clubs.  Vida Winter is England's most beloved writer- but also its most secretive.  No one knows her history and everyone wants to know what her "thirteenth tale" was- a story allegedly left out of a volume published with only 12 stories.  So it's surprising when Margaret Lea is approached about writing Ms. Winter's biography- why now?  And will the renowned story teller and weaver of fiction actually tell the truth?  I had some trouble getting drawn in, but once there, I had trouble putting it down. 

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