penny todd asked Larissa Matharu:

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Larissa Matharu Dear Penny

Thank you for your question regarding Telling Stories. Herewith is the answer from the author herself, Valerie Windsor!

Best regards Larissa Matharu

Hello Penny.

I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed TELLING STORIES.

In answer to your question - not stupid at all! I'll try and clarify It. So here goes!

Throughout the novel I've referenced the fairy story convention of three sisters, and indeed there is a dressing table mirror in Margaret's room at the chateau which allows her to see three images of herself. At the end, she decides to do the right thing and confess to the police. She promises to come back, but not as Margaret Davison nor as Chris Masbou but as whoever her future self - [after the prison sentence] - will be. So the three sisters are actually the three aspects of herself - her past, her present and her future. Not sisters in the real sense but just one person. I'm not sure if that works but I hope it makes more sense to you now.

All the very best

Val Windsor

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