The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.
The Night Circus is engaging, mysterious, and really fun. It’s a romantic fantasy with historical elements and lots of magic.
Publisher: Hachette Books; Original edition (September 11, 2012) Paperback : 400 pages ISBN: 978-1401324643 Thoughts: This was a fun book. I love the humor and quirkiness. It’s great to have a 100-year-old protagonist and the gang of characters are all charming. It’s sort of the opposite of a murder mystery novel because you’re hanging out with…
The past is very seductive…really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there.
This is a classic Southern Coming of Age story that leaves book lovers feeling like they have already read it a hundred times. Yet they want to continue to read it again and again