📖 peek insideThe Paper Palace
by Miranda Cowley Heller
Set over the course of twenty-four hours at a summer camp in Cape Cod, Elle Bishop must make a life-altering decision. After a passionate encounter with her childhood friend Jonas, she is torn between the stable life she has built with her husband, Peter, and the haunting 'what if' of her past. Spanning decades of family secrets, tragedy, and complex desires, this evocative novel explores the enduring power of first love and the weight of the choices that define us.
A popular book with millions of readers worldwide.
Notable Quotes
"Does letting go mean losing everything you have, or does it mean gaining everything you never had?"
"But it’s what we do, what we’ve done for years now. We drag our past behind us like a weight, still shackled, but far enough back that we never have to see, never have to openly acknowledge who we once were."
"Flip a coin, Eleanor. If the answer you get disappoints you, do the opposite." We already know the right answer, even when we think we don´t."
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