Bøker av Miranda Cowley Heller

En fortelling om hemmeligheter, kjærlighet og løgner: I løpet av én enkelt dag må en kvinne ta et avgjørednde valg rundt noe som har ulmet i flere tiår.Det er en nydelig julimorgen i Cape Cod, og Elle - lykkelig gift trebarnsmor - våkner på sommerstedet de kaller Papirslottet. Dette huset har hun feriert i hver eneste sommer hele livet. Men denne morgenen er annerledes. Kvelden i forveien snek Elle seg ut sammen med barndomsvennen Jonas, og de hadde sex med hverandre for første gang, mens ektefellene deres skravlet uvitende sammen inne i huset.I løpet av det neste døgnet må Elle ta en beslutning: Skal hun bli hos Peter, som hun oppriktig elsker, eller skal hun starte et nytt liv med Jonas, som var hennes første kjærlighet? Som ung var hun sikker på at de en dag ville gifte seg, men en tragisk hendelse forandret alt.Miranda Cowley Heller gir et gripende innblikk i opplevelsene som har ført Elle frem til denne dagen, og vi føler med Elle i hennes komplekse og mulig livsendrende valg.Papirslottet ser på spenningene mellom begjær og plikt, ringvirkningene av et overgrep og en families forbrytelser og forseelser.

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PAPER PALACE IS: "Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"-Parade "A deeply emotional love story…the unraveling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle." -Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club July '21 Pick) "Nail-biting." -Town & Country "A magnificent page-turner." -Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author"[An] irresistible placement of a complicated family in a bewitching place." -The New York Times A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades."This house, this place, knows all my secrets." It is a perfect August morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PAPER PALACE IS: "Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"-Parade "A deeply emotional love story…the unraveling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle." -Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club July '21 Pick) "Nail-biting." -Town & Country "A magnificent page-turner." -Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author"[An] irresistible placement of a complicated family in a bewitching place." -The New York Times A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades."This house, this place, knows all my secrets." It is a perfect August morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.