The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
3.98(321,907 ratings)
All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirt…
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Probably a 3.5 rating for me. This was definitely a page-turner once it got going, but I confess to being annoyed by the trope of the narrator being a bookish, shy, isolated type, but that's ok 'cos she grew up in a bookshop and loves reading. Plus I partly guessed the ending which is unusual for me.