The release date for the English version of 'The Paper Palace' by
Miranda Cowley Heller is Jul 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, wakes up on a gorgeous July morning at "The Paper Palace," the family vacation destination she has spent every summer of her life visiting. This morning, however, is different since last night, while their husbands were chatting away inside, Elle and her longest friend Jonas had their first sexual encounter while sneaking out the back door into the dark.
Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives.
As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. The Paper Palace is a delicate but terrible novel that examines the conflicts between dignity and desire, the legacy of abuse, and the misdemeanors and crimes committed by families.
A different edition of the ISBN 9780593329825's cover.