THE THIRTEENTH TALE: Diane Setterfield: Contemporary Gothic
When Margaret Lea, a waif of an antique book collector and amateur biographer, is summoned by the most beloved, and secretive, writer of her time, Ms. Vida Winter, to finally write her true biography she is hesitant to say the least. Winter has a history of supplying false "biographies" and keeping her identity securely locked away. But Winter, on her death bed, begins to reveal her sad and oft times violent tale of growing up at Angelfield and the real story is better than any she has or ever could manufacture. In this process of recording Winters' life, Margaret comes to learn more about herself and her own secret past than she ever expected.
Complete with twisting (and sometimes not so twisting) family trees, obsession, Gothic violence(think Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights), Madness, Love, Loss, and secret pasts this book is a page turner from the beginning. Likened to a Modern day Jane Eyre, this book will certainly keep you guessing and ultimately make you believe in the power of storytelling...and ghosts.
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