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Diane Setterfield
Birth date: August 22, 1964
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Fiction, Mystery
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Lora Hates Spam
Lora Hates Spam rated it 5 years ago
by Diane Setterfield During a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames, an injured man with a dead child are brought in from the river. The local healer is brought in and somehow, the dead child comes back to life. This story had a poetic quality to the prose in the beginning redol...
Darth Pedant
Darth Pedant rated it 5 years ago
It’s finally happened. I have read a Diane Setterfield book in which I liked the prose AND the plot AND the characters. The third time really is the charm, apparently. Persistence pays off! Sort of! The story meanders like the titular river, seeming to flow slowly on the surface with hidden curren...
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 5 years ago
This enchanting historical novel set in the 19th century is centered around a mysterious little girl who appears to have died of drowning in the Thames and then comes back to life. Three claims come for the mute girl, but is she a kidnapped daughter, an unknown granddaughter, or a lost sister? And w...
Sailing in a Sea of Words
Sailing in a Sea of Words rated it 5 years ago
Book: The Thirteenth Tale Author: Diane Setterfield Genre: Fiction/Mystery/Thriller Summary: Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to...
DubaiReader
DubaiReader rated it 6 years ago
Diane Setterfield has such an amazing way with words, I enjoyed every page of this book and, interspersed with audiobooks and other reads, I managed to make it last for several weeks. Sadly, I have finally finished, but I've promised myself to listen to the audiobook in a few months, something I nev...
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