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The Paper Palace

by Miranda Cowley Heller
Elle, a women who loves her husband and family,  is having an affair with an old flame.  The book explores some tough topics as she contemplates how she wants her life to be going forward.  The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller.  #woman's fiction, #reading, #books to read, #books

Praise For This Book


"Beguiling."Vogue, "The Best Books to Read This Summer"

"Nail-biting." Town & Country

"This one's filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"Parade, "Best Beach Reads"

"The gorgeous scenery of Back Woods (a stand-in for Wellfleet, Mass.) provides an atmospheric backdrop to Elle's ruminations and revelatory flashbacks."Los Angeles Times, "10 best books for your summer beach reading"

"Ensconced in her family's rustic compound on Cape Cod for an annual summer trip, Elle Bishop is at a crossroads, forced to choose between the two great loves of her life. Should she run off with the longtime bestie she's secretly been in love with since they endured a ghastly childhood trauma together? Or stay with her cherished husband, a dashing Brit who's the father of her kids?" People 

"Doubly blessed when it comes to descriptive powers, Heller is as good on nature as she is on interiors."The New York Times

"An assured debut. A sultry tale of Waspish New England that captures the spirit of Updike and Cheever." The Times (London) 

"Tightly woven and immediate, The Paper Palace takes us deep into a vivid summer landscape, a family, and a private, longstanding love story, and holds us there from start to finish." —Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings and The Female Persuasion

"The Paper Palace turned out to be the very page-turner I needed. If you want to learn something about love over a long time—how it can hurt, how it can soar— read this book." Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes 



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