Thursday Book Discussion: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

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Join us for a discussion of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. New members always welcome! Copies may be available at the Ask Desk.

Synopsis: The enigmatic Vida Winter has spent six decades creating various outlandish life histories for herself -- all of them inventions that have brought her fame and fortune but have kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she at last wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. She summons biographer Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth, hidden by those who loved her most, remains an ever-present pain. Struck by a curious parallel between Miss Winter's story and her own, Margaret takes on the commission.