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Miranda Cowley Heller

Biography

Miranda Cowley Heller

Miranda Cowley Heller has worked as senior vice president and head of drama series at HBO, developing and overseeing such shows as "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under," "The Wire," "Deadwood" and "Big Love," among others. THE PAPER PALACE is her first novel. She grew up spending summers on Cape Cod, and now lives in California.

Miranda Cowley Heller

Books by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace
by Miranda Cowley Heller - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Elle, a 50-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace” --- the family summer place that she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: Last night, Elle and her oldest friend, Jonas, crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next 24 hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn’t forever changed the course of their lives. As Miranda Cowley Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity.