The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller

On a bright August morning, Eleanor Bishop swims in a pond near the Paper Palace, the family's Cape Cod summer residence. As she dives into the water, she relives a passionate, vivid experience from the previous evening, while her husband and mother chat with guests without a care. Only the house saw everything—it is the silent witness to Eleanor's most intimate secrets.

Ella narrates a story that spans twenty-four hours and fifty years, marked by a bright tint of love and the bitter taste of betrayal. Ella must make a choice—this time a final one. What will she choose, and how will her life change?