The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller - Book

A gripping novel from Riverhead books. Featured in Reese's Book Club. "The writing seems to drip with secrets and longing.... You can't help [but] be just drawn in." -NPR "THIS HOUSE, THIS PLACE, KNOWS ALL MY SECRETS." It is a perfect August morning when Elle Bishop awokens in the Back Woods Cape Cod cabin where her family has spent every summer for generations But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend had a secret passionate encounter outside in the darkness while their spouses chatted away inside. Now Elle will have to decide between the world she has made with her much-loved husband, Peter, and the life she'd always imagined would be hers with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event had not forever changed the course of their lives Spellbinding and surprising, The Paper Palace unfolds over twenty-four hours and across fifty years, as decades of family legacies love, lies, se-crets, and one unspeakable childhood incident lead Elle to the precipice of a life changing decision. "A deeply emotional love story the unraveling of secrets, lies, and a very complex love triangle." -REESE WITHERSPOON (REESE'S BOOK CLUE JULY 21РіС "Filled with secrets, love, lies, and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?" -PARADE "Doubly blessed when it comes to descriptive powers, Heller is as good on nature as she is on interiors." - THE NEW YORK TIMES MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER has worked as an editor and as head of drama series at HBO.