I did the same thing with reading/skimming to get to the juicy parts lol! There are clues, and potential red herrings, woven throughout The Paper Palace. Happy Endings guaranteed. Within each chapter she jumps back and forth between present and past and often times you have no idea she has changed the timeline on you. Welcome back. This writing is lovely but everyone in this book is such a terrible person. Riverhead, $27 (400p) ISBN 978--593-32982-5. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. So disappointing and so disturbing. I thought Elle made a decision to stay with her husband the previous night but then she takes off her wedding ring before she goes to the pond where she can Jonas waiting. You never regret a swim, right? I just finished The Paper Palace and am really looking to discuss the book! I read with my eyes. The ending disappointed me because it left me questioning what was Elles decision. This book was going to get two stars for me but then I looked back and saw that I gave two stars to where the crawdad sing which I hated but at least that had some redeemable characters this however did not. It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a 50-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace" --- the . The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 1. So many books so little timeI'll find another. In The Paper Palace, desire and duty are put to the test when Elle Bishop has to choose between the life she always believed she was meant to have with her oldest friend Jonas, and the life she has with her loving husband Peter. Miranda Cowley Heller, a debut author with decades of experience in storytelling (having worked as a books editor and as Head of Drama Series at HBO), deploys the pacing and plot of a binge-worthy box-set, with writing that immerses you in the cool ocean waters of Cape Cod. But he doesnt. She took off her ring and the end of the penultimate paragraph says this is the end of a long story. It pivots on heroine Elle Bishop's. js.id=id; . //