About an uncle who retreats to his rooms to deal with his own demons. About a mother unable to cope and eventually institutionalized. The story, the truth, is one about children abandoned and neglected. Vida promises to tell the truth, much as she finds comfort in the “soothing, rocking safety of a lie”. Margaret receives a letter from Vida Winter, a popular and prolific, modern-day author, known for never telling the truth about her life, inviting Margaret to write her biography. The book is about Margaret Lea, a book seller who, with her father, runs a book store specializing in classics and antique books. This book is all about families and relationships and the ways that people are related, both by blood and by shared experience. I tell you this story, because it relates perfectly to this “Thirteenth Tale”. My mother contacted Diane Setterfield some time ago and they decided that they are somehow related, but not sure how. My grandparents’ names were Ethel Violet and Ambrose Charles Setterfield this book is dedicated to Corina Ethel and Ambrose Charles Setterfield. It has been recommended by many, and in fact, I have a strange connection to the book. "It is funny that I have put off reading this book for so long. If you read The Little Stranger, you would enjoy this one as well. Julia is back with her review of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Well, I'm very glad that my resident guest blogger has been reading while I've been on vacation.
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