"A magnificient page-turner. . .as intoxicating as a summer night by the sea." - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of Good Company

"Tightly woven and immediate." - Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings

"It's been ages since I was so absorbed in a contemporary novel. I loved it." - Nick Hornby, New York Times bestselling author of Just Like You

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.

"This house, this place, knows all my secrets."

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...