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BOOK CLUB: The Paper Palace

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Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2znLp2GCE4kFujqNJbNzAq?si=900ada28514a4f9a Hiya, book club besties! This month, we read the New York Times Number One Best Seller: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller. The story’s protagonist is Elle Bishop, a 50-something woman in love with two men - her husband, and her childhood best friend. As the blurb tells us, “so begins a story that unfolds over twenty four hours and across fifty years.” What is Elle’s big secret - the one that has kept her tethered to, but arms distance from, her best friend Jonas? And which man will she choose in the end? Today on the show, Mich, Zara, and Annabelle go everywhere: from standout characters, to the theme of intergenerational trauma, before a big chat about that ending. Got some thoughts on our January pick, ‘Love Stories’ by Trent Dalton? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta, @theshamelessbookclub. Or, if you’re after some variety, here’s a link to record a voice message via our website, too. Big thanks to Olina’s Bakehouse Seeded Snackers for making this episode possible. Check out these yummy snacks right here, and find them in-store at your local Woolworths. You can browse the eBook and audiobook versions of past book club picks in our room on Apple Books! Have a look-see right here. (You might spot our little baby, The Space Between, in the mix there, too.) Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘subscribe’ on Apple (bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too) or ‘follow’ on Spotify. Still not enough? Well! Our hearts! See below for everything else. Subscribe to the weekly ‘ASK SHAMELESS’ newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gFbYLT Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamelesspodcast/?hl=en Check out our website: https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

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Hey guys, Zara here, just to let you know, this episode, this book club episode doesn't actually live here anymore,

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but it does live somewhere because the Shameless Book Club is getting its own nook.

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As you might have seen, book club episodes are becoming their entire own. its own

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podcast.

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so you'll now find the Shameless Book Club episodes in their own podcast feed.

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What's even better is we're not just doing monthly reviews anymore, which you will find in that feed.

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We're doing more book content more often including our brand new series Stranger Than Fiction.

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Stranger Than Fiction is an entirely new series where host Eilish Gilligan investigates the intriguing world of writers and the bizarre reality behind some of the world's most famous stories.

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Find every single episode of our book club, including the one you're intended to click into right now,

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by searching the Shameless Book Club on your favorite podcast app.

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