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

by Miranda Cowley Heller

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022

'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

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

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

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 - and an ending you won't be able to stop thinking about.

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'Here is a love triangle that keeps you turning the pages' Rachel Joyce
'Utterly addictive' Rosamund Lupton
'Dry, sharp and with devastating depths plumbed so elegantly' Pandora Sykes
'Smart, atmospheric and seriously juicy' Stylist
'Earthy, intoxicating, shimmering' Sunday Times

Readers have been gripped by THE PAPER PALACE too:

***** '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, you won't want to finish it'
***** 'It pulled me in from the first page'
***** 'If you loved Where the Crawdads Sing then you will love this book as well'

• ISBN10: 0241470714
• ISBN13: 9780241470718
• Publish Date: 8 July 2021 (first published 6 July 2021)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 29 April 2022
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Viking
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

I’ve wanted to read this for months, and then I started it and had trouble getting into it. I almost DNF’d it about 130 pages in because I couldn’t connect with the characters. I didn’t like any of them or the things they did. I got to “book 2 Jonas” and thought I’d give it one more chapter. For me, this is when things became clearer to me. Horrific things happen in this book, but I loved how the author went back and forth, slowly peeling back the layers of these characters by letting us into their history, childhood, relationships bringing us to a place where I understood who they were and why they did what they did. So for me, it was a bit of a bumpy start, but in the end, I appreciated it for what it was, and I’m glad I read it. This book may make you angry, sad, tense, all the feels. I think in the end, this is why I went from almost dropping it to it having a special place. I will also say that I love how Cape Cod felt like another character in this book and is the setting for most of this story. If you are a sensitive reader, this book is not for you. A lot of trigger warnings