The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
$7.99
The Paper Palace
- The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick
- By: Miranda Cowley Heller
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction
Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2022
A thrilling summertime listen 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 24 hours and 50 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.
©2021 Miranda Cowley Heller (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Kindle Customer
Loved the story but content warning
I loved the story and the character development. I thought it was great.
I want to flag that there is mention of sexual abuse if that’s a trigger for you.
12 people found this helpful
Anonymous User
Trauma for misery’s sake
After the amazing reviews I was looking forward to this book but I found the use of traumatic events as a way to push the plot along quite disturbing.
The main character faces so many traumas in childhood and adulthood, including graphic sexual assault and this is still secondary to the main love triangle. It felt as though those events were just there to justify the romance and not to actually explore these themes.
It was written well and there were things I liked about it, but I can’t get past the blasè use of triggering events.
6 people found this helpful