{"product_id":"the-paper-palace","title":"The Paper Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Reese Witherspoon Book Club July 2021 Pick  Tightly woven and immediate  The Paper Palace takes us deep into a vivid summer landscape  a family  and a private  longstanding love story  and holds us there from start to finish Meg Wolitzer  bestselling author of The Wife and The Female Persuasion  Before anyone else is awake  on a perfect August morning  Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below The Paper Palace -- the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she passes the house  Elle glances through the screen porch at the uncleared table from the dinner the previous evening; empty wine glasses  candle wax on the tablecloth  echoes of laughter of family and friends. Then she dives beneath the surface of the freezing water to the shocking memory of the sudden passionate encounter she had the night before  up against the wall behind the house  as her husband and mother chatted to the guests inside.  So begins a story that unfolds over twenty-four hours and across fifty years  as decades of family legacies  love  lies  secrets  and one unspeakable incident in her childhood lead Elle to the precipice of a life-changing decision. Over the next twenty-four hours  Elle will have to decide between the world she has made with her much-loved husband  Peter  and the life she imagined would be hers with her childhood love  Jonas  if a tragic event hadnt forever changed the course of their lives.  Tender yet devastating  The Paper Palace is a masterful novel that brilliantly illuminates the tensions between desire and safety; the legacy of tragedy  and the crimes and misdemeanours of families.  A sultry tale of Waspish New England that captures the spirit of Updike and Cheever... A remarkably assured debut with an earthy  intoxicating  shimmering sense of place Sunday Times  I was totally immersed in the fast-paced narrative that seamlessly wove together past and present. I think you will love this one! Reese Witherspoon  Glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and Im devastated to have finished it Marian Keyes  A beautifully constructed  wonderfully intelligent and beguiling novel  rich with a multitude of pleasures William Boyd  Beautifully written  richly compelling  The Paper Palace is as dark and uncompromising as it is tender and lyrical. Here is a love triangle that keeps you turning the pages  a vivid evocation of place  and an exploration of the one of the most unsettling of secrets Rachel Joyce  I cant think of a more brilliant debut than The Paper Palace. Enticing  assured and multi-layered  it introduces a major new voice in American fiction . . . A marvel Cressida Connolly  Absolutely phenomenal novel - dazzling writing and utterly addictive. Read it Rosamund Lupton\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945889132597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0241470714","price":65.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780241470718_2843f4e3-fb32-41d0-bffc-b9da11f84b00.jpg?v=1770155055","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-paper-palace","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}