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The Paper Palace

The Paper Palace

The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick

Summary

2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

One life changing decision: your husband or your one true love?


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On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below 'The Paper Palace' - her family's holiday home in Cape Cod. As she dives beneath the water she relives the passionate encounter she had the night before, against the side of the house that knows all her darkest secrets, while her husband and mother chatted to their guests inside...

So begins a story that unfolds over twenty-four hours and fifty years, as Elle's shocking betrayal leads her to a life-changing decision.

A PAGE-TURNING SUMMER READ FOR FANS OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING AND LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

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Readers have been gripped by THE PAPER PALACE:

***** 'I devoured this book in a couple of days'

***** 'I fell in love with the characters'

***** 'A heart-rending love story filled with so many complications'

Sunday Times Bestseller, September 2022

Reviews

  • A deeply emotional love story that follows one day in the life of Elle Bishop as she navigates the unravelling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle
    Reese Witherspoon

About the author

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, her debut, was a number 1 New York Times bestseller in the US, a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK and was longlisted for the Women's Prize. Things the Tide has Discarded is her first poetry collection.
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