The Paper Palace af Miranda Cowley Heller (Bog)

Forfatter: Miranda Cowley Heller
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 0
Forlag: Penguin Books Limited
Udgivelsesår: 2022
Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water 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 a dinner party the previous evening; empty wine glasses, candle wax on the table cloth, 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 outside the house, as her husband and mother chatted to the dinner guests inside. So begins a story that unfolds over 24 hours and across 50 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 24 hours, Elle will have to decide between the life 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.
Titel: The Paper Palace

Sammendrag: The Paper Palace er en moderne, psykologisk samtidsroman om Elle Bishop, der over ét døgn tvinges til at vælge mellem sin mand og sin barndomskærlighed. Handlingen udspiller sig i og omkring familiens forfaldne sommerhus ved en sø i Cape Cod. Efter en nat med et forbudt møde udenfor huset konfronteres Elle med årtiers undertrykte minder om familiehemmeligheder, seksuelt overgreb, lojalitet, moderskab og længsel. Gennem flashbacks til barndom, ungdom og voksenliv væves et portræt af flere generationer og et komplekst følelsesliv, hvor naturen og sommerlivet ved kysten danner stemningsfuld baggrund. Bogen undersøger, hvordan fortidens traumer og valg former identitet, kærlighedsrelationer og de muligheder, man oplever som voksen, og stiller spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt man kan skabe et nyt liv uden at ødelægge det gamle.
Type: Paperback