And its other cover (also gorgeous):
And its UK cover (again, gorgeous):
You may have noticed a theme here. If not, I’ll point it out to you. It is books. Two out of the three covers feature books. Old books. And the other one features creepy, Victorian-looking twins in a creepy, Victorian-looking house. Books and twins are both very important themes in this novel.
The novel is centered around Ms. Margaret Lea, an amateur biographer who grew up working in her father’s antique bookshop. So, here we have the old books. Books are her life. If she had to choose between paper and people, guess what she would choose. She’s not really a people-person.
When she receives a mysterious letter from the acclaimed author, Vida Winter, infamous for telling a different story of her life to every reporter who interviewed her (each time swearing her tale is truth), Margaret finds herself journeying to the house of the old woman, whose life is rapidly approaching its close. Ms. Winter tells the young biographer that she is ready to tell the true story of her life, and she wants Margaret to document it.
Her tale is a stunning ghost story of twins, a mysterious old house, insanity, and a terrible fire. Margaret finds her own life strangely intertwining with that of the dying woman, and finds herself remarkably changed from the things that she has learned.
The covers do not lie with their gorgeousness. The text itself is just as beautiful as the covers that bind it. Anyone read The Westing Game? Read this. Anyone read Jane Eyre? Read this. Anyone read nothing in their entire life? You read this, too. Seriously.
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