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Laddar... The Paper Palace: A Novel (utgåvan 2021)av Miranda Cowley Heller (Författare)
VerksinformationThe Paper Palace av Miranda Cowley Heller
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. The books takes place over twenty-four hours. In between there are little glimpses into the lives of Elle or her mother from the past. Each of them seems to have to do with sex or sexual innuendo. Seemed totally unnecessary to me. This book was all over the place. It was happy, it was sad, it was traumatizing, and it didn't even have a solid conclusion. The timeline kept skipping all over the place in a way that was hard to follow, I couldn't keep the years straight and I'm not sure if including Wallace's abuse as a child was necessary to Elle's story. Overall I found it overly complicated and depressing. Erzählt wird eigentlich nur ein Tag, doch in Rückblenden ein ganzes Leben. Eleanor ist 50 Jahre alt und verbringt den Sommer wie schon ihr ganzes Leben lang in Cape Cod an einem See. Das Haus, in dem sie leben, ist der Papierpalast, ein ironisch gemeinter Begriff für ein baufälliges Gebäude mit vielen Schichten aus Pappe. Eleanor hat einen Jugendfreund Jonas, der ebenfalls jeden Sommer in Cape Cod verbrachte. Die beiden hatten Sex und Eleanor denkt darüber nach, ob sie Peter, ihren Mann verlassen soll um mit Jonas zusammenzusein. Jonas und sie lieben sich schon seit ihrer Kindheit, doch es gibt ein Ereignis aus ihrer Jugend, das die beiden sowohl verbindet als auch trennt. In Rückblenden wird die Geschichte von Elenaor und ihrer Familie erzählt und am Ende (finde ich) ist auch klar, wie sich Elenaor entscheidet. Ich mochte das Buch sehr und fand auch die Charaktere insgesamt sehr gut. "Es gibt zwei Dinge im Leben, die man nie bereut – ein Kind und Schwimmen im kalten Wasser." Das bringt Eleanors Mutter ihr als Lebensweisheit bei und wenn sie das mit dem Schwimmen am Ende auch etwas relativiert, das ist eine gute Einstellung. This was a frustrating read for many reasons; unlikeable characters, a unexplained title, and a “surprise” ending that fell flat. And don’t get me started with the ex-husbands, step fathers and step siblings that attempt to confuse the reader. If you throw in infidelity and teenagers committing murder, you’ll find that the best writing in the world can’t cover up the problems you'll encounter during your slog through this book. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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"A story of summer, secrets, love and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. Set against the summer backwoods and beaches of Cape Cod, The Paper Palace unfolds over 24 hours and across 50 years, as decades of family legacy, love, lies, secrets, and one unspeakable childhood tragedy lead wife and mother Elle Bishop to the precipice of a life-changing decision. With its transporting setting and propulsive pace, the story draws on the sweet promise of young love, as well as the heartbreaking damage incurred by too many secrets. It's a compulsively readable story about the tensions between the romantic childhood ideals we grow up with, and the family responsibilities that carry us into adulthood. Must our life choices remain irrevocable if the conditions are changed? It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-- the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different, because 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 Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity; the legacies of abuse; and the crimes and misdemeanors of families"-- Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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