Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father's antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of Britainâs most prolific and well-loved novelists. Vida Winter, gravely ill, wants to recount her life story before it is too late, and she wants Margaret to be the one to capture her history. The request takes Margaret by surpriseâshe doesnât know the author, nor has she read any of Miss Winterâs dozens of novels.
Late one night, while pondering whether to accept the task of recording Miss Winterâs personal story, Margaret begins to read her fatherâs rare copy of Miss Winterâs Thirteen Tales of Change and Desperation. She is spellbound by the stories and confused when she realizes the book only contains twelve stories. Where is the thirteenth tale? Intrigued, Margaret agrees to meet Miss Winter and act as her biographer.
As Vida Winter unfolds her story, she shares with Margaret the dark family secrets that she has long kept hidden as she remembers her days at Angelfield, the now burnt-out estate that was her childhood home. Margaret carefully records Miss Winterâs account and finds herself more and more deeply immersed in the strange and troubling story. In the end, both women have to confront their pasts and the weight of family secrets. As well as the ghosts that haunt them still.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Mystery
Publisher : Atria Books
Author : Setterfield, Diane
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2006-09-12
Number Of Pages : 406
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 038566284X
ISBN-13 : 9780385662840
Item weight : 1.6 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 6.6 in x 9.3 in
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