Struck by a curious parallel between their stories, Margaret demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them. Hers is a tale of gothic strangeness, featuring the Angelfield family - including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline - a ghost, a governess, and a devastating fire. Now old and ailing, she summons a biographer to tell the truth about her extraordinary life: Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth remains an ever-present pain.ĭisinterring the life she meant to bury for good, Vida mesmerizes Margaret with the power of her storytelling. The enigmatic Winter has always kept her violent and tragic past a secret.
So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale. When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny.Īll children mythologize their birth.
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