Quote of the Day

We need to be in control of ourselves - our appetites, our passions - to do right by others. It takes will to keep emotion under the control of reason. ~ Thomas Lickona

7.06.2009

The Thirteenth Tale


Really enjoyed this story which reminded me a bit of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and a bit of Wilkie Collins Woman in White. An eccentric British novelist hires a bookish shopgirl to listen to, and record for posterity, the novelist's final attempt to tell the truth. Trouble is, some truths are unreliable, as are some narrators. Can you figure out what really happened before the reluctant biographer does? I highly recommend The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diana Setterfield.

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