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Margaret Lea, an amateur biographer, received a letter from a well known novelist to hear her story. The novelist, Vida Winter, is known to always tell a glamorous and different stories of herself when asked. Intrigued, Margaret decides to at least visit and at least speak to this mysterious persona. From then on, she was drawn to the story like a moth to a light.
I was really looking forward to reading this book that I was scared of being let down. BUT from the top of page 2, I was completely su ...more
I was really looking forward to reading this book that I was scared of being let down. BUT from the top of page 2, I was completely su ...more
Really liked this one ... lots of dark secrets & suspense. Yes, it seemed long at times as some reviewers herer mentioned, but the ending was worth the wait. A good listen, well done with 2 narrators.
A book that harkens back to the classic gothic novels – ghosts, mad relatives hidden in the attic, secret passageways, spinster governesses who fall in love with the doctor, loyal housekeepers, reticent gardeners.
There are stories within stories and a compelling forward momentum, despite the constant return to the past.
I was consumed with trying to figure out the time frame. Isabelle is taken away in a brougham. Margaret is seemingly without a computer (or even a typewriter), but has phone ser ...more
There are stories within stories and a compelling forward momentum, despite the constant return to the past.
I was consumed with trying to figure out the time frame. Isabelle is taken away in a brougham. Margaret is seemingly without a computer (or even a typewriter), but has phone ser ...more
Wow! I'm not sure I have ever read a Gothic tale...or if I have, this tale is unlike any book I have ever read. It has a ghost, twins Emmeline and Adeline, a decrepit house, madness, love, abandoned children, a governess, and more.
It is a tale within a tale, told by one character to another, who tells both stories, sorta simultaneously. It is also a mystery. Biographer Margaret Lea is summoned to the home of a famous novelist, Vida Winter, who wishes to tell her story of her birth and beyond. Th ...more
It is a tale within a tale, told by one character to another, who tells both stories, sorta simultaneously. It is also a mystery. Biographer Margaret Lea is summoned to the home of a famous novelist, Vida Winter, who wishes to tell her story of her birth and beyond. Th ...more
This four-star rating was hard won. It took a long time before I got "into" this book. It is not a happy book; in fact, quite a few of the stories told are down right depressing, but once the story started to really take shape, I was all in. I appreciated how well Ms. Setterfield structured the story and seeing it unfold was mesmerizing. I listened to the audio and felt the narrator for Margaret was a bit lifeless; though Ms. Winter's narrator add a bit more energy to her part. Had I read this b
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I enjoyed this book. Vida was an interesting character and she led a troubled life with a truly dysfunctional family.
Aug 23, 2009
Mary Ann
marked it as to-read
Sep 11, 2009
Rebecca
marked it as to-read
Dec 18, 2009
Erin Carney
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2010
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)
marked it as to-read
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Jan 21, 2013
Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction
marked it as to-read
