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To a conservative church in a south-western Ontario town comes Jonah Arias - a troubled, left-leaning, pill-popping United Church minister.

"Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp! Treat yourself to some Good Company."--Maria Semple, author of Today Will Be Different. A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The NestFlora Mancini has been happily married for more than twenty years.

Since she caught her can't-be-soon-enough ex-husband cheating with his paralegal, Mallory has lost her NYC apartment, her job, her money, and frankly, her dignity. Then great-aunt Maggie leaves Mallory the keys to a house in the burbs. Now she's ready to fight for her life again. But the house in Huckleberry Hills has forty-seven separate HOA violations. And her hot, grumpy neighbor tells Mallory to mow the lawn first. She's done with men and done with anyone telling her what to do ever again. First rule of surviving the burbs?

From the internationally best-selling author of SARAH'S KEY comes an irreverent yet heartfelt collection that examines our most intimate and forbidden desires.Does a fruit taste its sweetest when it is forbidden? Is that which is prohibited always the most pleasurable? In this passionate and perceptive collection, Tatiana de Rosnay paints a portrait of the most forbidden of loves, in many different shades - sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartfelt, always with a dry wit and an unflinching authenticity.

Joanna is determined to find something, anything, to use against the woman who has stolen her life and her true love. Can she find the proof she needs in time to save her husband and children?

Empty-nester Anna McNichol is ready for a new life direction, but disaster strikes when her husband dies and secrets surface. Facing challenge after challenge, she must look for support from an unexpected source.

The night Army Specialist Merlin Mills's identical twin brother, Gavin, slept with his wife, everything changed. Now Merlin must come to grips with the fact that Cojo may be carrying his brother's child. Hurt, angry, and confused, Merlin is caught up in a complex struggle between yesterday and today; between a mistress who wants to give him real love and a wife who doesn't know how; between nasty lies and secrets, and their life-altering revelations.

For successful African American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip of an overpowering addiction-to sex. Finding a therapist, Zoe finally summons the courage to tell her story, a tale of guilt and desire as shocking as it is compelling.

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter. Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman.

Reese's Book Club pick. Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Paper Palace is: "Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"- Parade. "A deeply emotional love story - the unraveling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club July '21 Pick). "Nail-biting." - Town & Country. "A magnificent page-turner." -Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author. "[An] irresistible placement of a complicated family in a bewitching place." - The New York Times.