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The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace By Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller


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The Paper Palace Summary

The Paper Palace: The New York Times Number One Bestseller by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Reese Witherspoon Book Club July 2021 Pick

'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, bestselling author of The Wife and The Female Persuasion

'Earthy, intoxicating, shimmering' Sunday Times

Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below 'The Paper Palace' -- the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she passes the house, Elle glances through the screen porch at the uncleared table from the dinner the previous evening; empty wine glasses, candle wax on the tablecloth, echoes of laughter of family and friends. Then she dives beneath the surface of the freezing water to the shocking memory of the sudden passionate encounter she had the night before, up against the wall behind the house, as her husband and mother chatted to the guests inside.

So begins a story that unfolds over twenty-four hours and across fifty years, as decades of family legacies, love, lies, secrets, and one unspeakable incident in her childhood lead Elle to the precipice of a life-changing decision. Over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the world she has made with her much-loved husband, Peter, and the life she imagined would be hers with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives.

Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace is a masterful novel that brilliantly illuminates the tensions between desire and safety; the legacy of tragedy, and the crimes and misdemeanours of families.

'I was totally immersed in the fast-paced narrative that seamlessly wove together past and present. I think you will love this one!' Reese Witherspoon

'Glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and I'm devastated to have finished it' Marian Keyes

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A beautifully constructed, wonderfully intelligent and beguiling novel, rich with a multitude of pleasures' William Boyd

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Beautifully written, richly compelling' Rachel Joyce

'Enticing, assured and multi-layered, it introduces a major new voice in American fiction . . . A marvel' Cressida Connolly


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Absolutely phenomenal novel - dazzling writing and utterly addictive. Read it' Rosamund Lupton

'A tense, evocative tale' Observer

The Paper Palace Reviews

A beautifully constructed, wonderfully intelligent and beguiling novel, rich with a multitude of pleasures -- William Boyd
It's glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and I'm devastated to have finished it -- Marian Keyes
It's been ages since I was so absorbed in a contemporary novel. I loved it -- Nick Hornby
In rich and sensuous prose, Cowley Heller, cracks open the human heart and exposes her character's choices: the paths not taken and the devastating consequences. I smelled the old cabins and the backwoods, felt the pond water lapping around my ankles, experienced the love and loss of family. A perceptive and powerful story which will stay with me for a long time -- Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground
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 Wife and The Female Persuasion
I can't think of a more brilliant debut than The Paper Palace. Enticing, assured and multi-layered, it introduces a major new voice in American fiction . . . A marvel -- Cressida Connolly
Absolutely phenomenal novel - dazzling writing and utterly addictive. Read it -- Rosamund Lupton
It felt as if I read The Paper Palace in one go. It was completely immersive, and shocking, and utterly alive. I loved it -- Nina Stibbe
This accomplished family saga is gripping and poetic, capturing the complexity of the human heart * Daily Mirror *
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
A family drama, a forbidden love story, a childhood tragedy, this is a stunning literary debut that will leave you reeling * i *
A family drama, a forbidden love story, a childhood tragedy, The Paper Palace is a stunning literary debut that will eat you up and leave you reeling - you won't want it to end * Independent *
Miranda Cowley Heller has written a magnificent page-turner, a love story that shimmers with desire, intelligence, and humor. Lush and gorgeously written, The Paper Palace is as intoxicating as a summer night by the sea. I didn't want it to end -- Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest
Set in the physical and psychic landscape of Cape Cod, The Paper Palace is a fever dream of a novel, luminous with love and shot through with humor and heartbreak. It is a book that explores the indelibility of childhood, what it means to be shaped by place, and all that is unpredictable about the human heart. I couldn't put it down -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game
The writing is full of rich detail, evoking the New England landscape . . . this is an absorbing family saga packed with intrigue and complicated characters that transports you to Cape Cod. I can't wait for the adaptation * Evening Standard *
Mesmerising . . . A promising debut from a talent to watch * Good Housekeeping *
A deliciously lyrical novel . . . weaving between the dangerous yet excitable now and the years of ungodly traumas passed, this masterful tale of childhood love will wash over you like the refreshing, cold waters of The Paper Palace's nearby lake * BUZZ magazine *
[Cowley Heller] brings to fiction an understanding of how to layer storylines, as well as an assured feel for dialogue and visual description . . . a skilful portrait * The Oldie, Book of the Month *
The Paper Palace paints a vivid picture of family secrets and tensions, against the backdrop of a sun-soaked summer * Take a Break *
Miranda Cowley Heller's debut The Paper Palace . . . finds Elle on the point of leaving her near-perfect family life for the visceral thrill of Jonas, green-eyed soul mate of her youthful vacations. With its atmospheric setting and rich backstory, the denouement is set to be an August talking point and a mini-series is already slated.' * Country and Townhouse *
A stirring and sensual story * Woman's Weekly *

This accomplished family saga is gripping and poetic, capturing the complexity of the human heart

* Daily Mirror *
A richly detailed family saga that nods to tales by Johns Cheever and Updike . . . this immersive novel makes for a lushly satisfying read * The Times *
Beautifully written, richly compelling, The Paper Palace is as dark and uncompromising as it is tender and lyrical. Here is a love triangle that keeps you turning the pages, a vivid evocation of place, and an exploration of the one of the most unsettling of secrets -- Rachel Joyce
A sultry tale of Waspish New England that captures the spirit of Updike and Cheever... A remarkably assured debut with an earthy, intoxicating, shimmering sense of place * Sunday Times *
An appealing debut novel * New York Times *
* I was totally immersed in the fast-paced narrative that seamlessly wove together past and present. I think you will love this one! -- Reese Witherspoon
A tense, evocative tale * Observer *
An exquisitely-written page turner * Irish Examiner *
Smart, atmospheric and seriously juicy * Stylist *
Atmospherically written and skilfully plotted * Mail on Sunday *
A family drama, a forbidden love story, a childhood tragedy, The Paper Palace is a stunning literary debut that will eat you up and leave you reeling - you won't want it to end * The Independent *
The writing is full of rich detail, evoking the New England landscape...this is an absorbing family saga packed with intrigue and complicated characters that transports you to Cape Cod. I can't wait for the adaptation * Evening Standard *

About Miranda Cowley Heller

Miranda Cowley Heller was raised in New York. After graduating from Harvard she became a books editor, before working for a decade as Head of Drama Series at HBO. She divides her time between Los Angeles, London and Cape Cod. The Paper Palace is her first novel.

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The Paper Palace: The New York Times Number One Bestseller by Miranda Cowley Heller
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20210708
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