Description
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Reese’s Book Club Pick and international bestseller with more than two million copies sold worldwide, The Paper Palace is a deeply emotional novel about love, secrets and the choices that can reshape a life.
On a perfect summer morning at the family retreat known as the Paper Palace, fifty-year-old Elle awakens knowing that everything has changed. The night before, she and Jonas, her oldest friend and childhood love, crossed a line they can never fully undo, while their spouses remained inside the house.
Over the next twenty-four hours, Elle must decide between the life she has built with Peter, her beloved husband and the father of her children, and the life she once imagined she might have shared with Jonas.
As the story moves through Elle’s past and present, the experiences that shaped her relationships and brought her to this moment gradually come into focus. Long-held secrets, family histories and a tragic event from years before complicate a decision that is anything but simple.
Tender and devastating, The Paper Palace explores desire, loyalty, family, the lasting impact of childhood experiences and the difficult space between the life we choose and the life we might have lived.
