It's a perfect August morning, and Elle, a happily married fifty-year-old mother of three, wakes up at The Paper Palace - the family's summertime spot she's been to every summer of her life. But this morning is different: Last night Elle and her older friend Jonas snuck out the back door into the dark and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their husbands chatted inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she lived with her truly beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined with her childhood love, Jonas, if it was a tragic event. It did not change the course of their lives forever. As Heller shines through the trials that have led Elle to this day, we've come to her final decision in all its intricacies. Delicate yet destructive, Paper Palace examines the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanours of families.