The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

"The Paper Palace is the family summer home that Elle and her family have visited every summer for most of her life. The story begins with a night at the Paper Palace that Elle, at the age of 50, both regrets and desires more of. This intricate novel takes us back in time to understand the crossroads in which Elle finds herself at the beginning of the novel. Each character’s story revolves around love: love for self, love for family members, the desire to be loved. This is really a love story, and not in the traditional sense, as many of the characters have a past fraught with a twisted sense of love." - L. Ngo

4/4 stars.