04392cam a2200589 i 4500 515517715 TxAuBib 20211006120000.0 201008s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020045754 9780593329825 hardcover 0593329821 hardcover 9780593419076 paperback 0593419073 paperback (OCoLC)1200037296 TxAuBib rda Cowley Heller, Miranda,. The paper palace / Miranda Cowley Heller. New York : Riverhead Books, 2021. ℗2021. 389 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reese's book club http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021033413 "Reese's book club"--Cover. Series information from jacket. "A story of summer, secrets, love and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. Set against the summer backwoods and beaches of Cape Cod, The Paper Palace unfolds over 24 hours and across 50 years, as decades of family legacy, love, lies, secrets, and one unspeakable childhood tragedy lead wife and mother Elle Bishop to the precipice of a life-changing decision. With its transporting setting and propulsive pace, the story draws on the sweet promise of young love, as well as the heartbreaking damage incurred by too many secrets. It's a compulsively readable story about the tensions between the romantic childhood ideals we grow up with, and the family responsibilities that carry us into adulthood. Must our life choices remain irrevocable if the conditions are changed? It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-- the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different, because last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next 24 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. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity; the legacies of abuse; and the crimes and misdemeanors of families"-- Provided by publisher. On a perfect July morning Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-- the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. This morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Over the next 24 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. -- adapted from jacket. 20211006. Adultery Fiction. First loves Fiction. Family secrets. Life change events Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Families Fiction. Desire Fiction. Desire. Families. Man-woman relationships. Love stories. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Novels. Psychological fiction. Romance fiction. Romance fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. Cowley Heller, Miranda., New York : Riverhead Books, 2021. Reese's book club http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021033413.