Adeline, like her predecessors, is prone to physical violence which she forces on the submissive Emmeline. The next generation at Angelfield, Emmeline and Adeline, are twins who, as children, can only communicate in twin language. He attempts to take his revenge on her, but shockingly, Isabelle proves as aggressive as her brother and the two form an unnatural bond. Disliked by his father, Charlie is a broken soul who cannot abide the way Isabelle is doted on. Vida’s story begins with siblings Charlie and Isabelle. Born into a strange, almost outcast family, Vida is raised in a large house called Angelfield on the English moors. Vida is the quintessential storyteller like Margaret, she lives and breathes stories. Vida has led her followers astray for years, recounting any number of fanciful tales as the story of her life. When she is commissioned to write the biography of famous novelist Vida Winter, she wonders why. Margaret Lea is a bookseller and to her, reading is like breathing or eating it’s essential to sustain life. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.
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