The Paper Palace (Paperback)

'A beautifully constructed, wonderfully intelligent and beguiling novel, rich with a multitude of pleasures' - William Boyd

It's glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and I'm devastated to have finished it' - Marian Keyes

'It's been ages since I was so absorbed in a contemporary novel. I loved it' - Nick Hornby

'In rich and sensuous prose, Cowley Heller, cracks open the human heart and exposes her character's choices: the paths not taken and the devastating consequences. I smelled the old cabins and the backwoods, felt the pond water lapping around my ankles, experienced the love and loss of family. A perceptive and powerful story which will stay with me for a long time' - Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground

'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, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife and The Female Persuasion

'I can't 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

'It felt as if I read The Paper Palace in one go. It was completely immersive, and shocking, and utterly alive. I loved it' - Nina Stibbe

'The Paper Palace turned out to be the very page-turner I needed. If you want to learn something about love over a long time - how it can hurt, how it can soar - read this book' - Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes

'Miranda Cowley Heller has written a magnificent page-turner, a love story that shimmers with desire, intelligence, and humor. Lush and gorgeously written, The Paper Palace is as intoxicating as a summer night by the sea. I didn't want it to end' - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest

'Set in the physical and psychic landscape of Cape Cod, The Paper Palace is a fever dream of a novel, luminous with love and shot through with humor and heartbreak. It is a book that explores the indelibility of childhood, what it means to be shaped by place, and all that is unpredictable about the human heart. I couldn't put it down' - Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game

'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