Paper Palace

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 hadn't 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.

Inainte ca oricine altcineva sa se trezeasca, intr-o dimineata perfecta de august, Elle Bishop se indreapta spre o baie in gloriosul iaz de apa dulce de sub ,,Palatul de hartie" - tabara de vara usor in descompunere din padurile din spatele Cape Cod, unde familia ei a petrecut fiecare vara de generatii. Cand trece pe langa casa, Elle arunca o privire prin pridvorul ecranului la masa neclara din cina din seara precedenta; pahare de vin goale, ceara de lumanare pe fata de masa, ecouri de ras ale familiei si ale prietenilor.