Amanda B. (chefbeyerlein) - , reviewed on 2/8/2010 + 53 more book reviews

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Margaret receives an unexpected invitation from a reclusive, mysterious, best-selling writer - "come write my biography". Vida Winters is famous for spinning a different story for every reporter that comes to ask about her life when one of her books is published (all fifty-six of them), and turning down twenty-two biographers that have asked to write her life story. Margaret is the semi-reclusive daughter of an antique bookseller who has written a few essays about the almost-famous. As Margaret spends time with the dying author, listening to her incredible story spin out, she finds herself delving into the mystery of her own past as well as that of Ms. Winters.

The twists and turns of Ms. Winters' tale surprised me, but I felt like the ending was satisfying although bittersweet. The whole book felt bittersweet to me.

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