The place that knows all the secrets.
One perfect July morning, fifty-year-old Elle, happily married and the mother of three, wakes up at the Paper Palace – the summer cottage they visit every summer. But this morning is different. As she stares into empty wine glasses and listens to the echoes of her friends’ laughter, she recalls a passionate encounter in the dark with an old childhood friend, while her husband calmly chats with the guests.
Now Elle is faced with a fateful decision – should she continue her peaceful life with her beloved husband Peter or opt for the uncertain life she has always dreamed of, with their childhood love made impossible by a tragic event that changed their future?
Tender yet devastating, "Paper Palace" is an extraordinary novel that brilliantly depicts the tension between desire and certainty, and the consequences of mistakes that a family passes on to the fate of the next generation.
"Extraordinarily gifted with an incredible power of description, Heller paints a fantastic picture of nature and the human soul."
New York Times
"A book that will keep you in suspense until the very end."
Publisher Weekly
