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When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.
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Grave, classical in form, intimate and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Diane Setterfield
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 406
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743298025
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