Her choice вЂ“ and the dilemma it causes вЂ“ is painted through the landscape like salt spray. Heller followed her grandfatherвЂ™s advice: throughout the novel, the pond remains a tether for Elle, for her family and her lovers. It was very important for Elle not to be 'directed' by me but to live out the process organically.вЂќ In fact, the choice was made in the last two, three pages of the novel. вЂњI didn't have any idea who Elle would choose. Interestingly, the decision wasnвЂ™t always clear-cut for Heller, either. There are entire forum threads dedicated to it, in fact, on Reddit and Goodreads, with many people asking the same question: who did Elle choose?

In the wake of the book's released, the debate over the ending has become increasingly feverish.

Peter endingвЂќ вЂ“ something she says is вЂњgreat and interesting.вЂќ The ending leaves just enough open to question that while Heller admits she never intended to make the ending ambiguous, she has been pleasantly surprised by how many readers вЂњhave been debating the Jonas vs. The pond that she swims in during the novelвЂ™s opening pages remains her morning ritual at its end. No wonder The Paper Palace has won accolades from literary giants such as Meg Wolitzer, Nick Hornby and Nina Stibbe.Д«ut the same question that Elle poses throughout the novel вЂ“ a choice, between Peter and Jonas вЂ“ remains at its end. Miranda Cowley Heller, a debut author with decades of experience in storytelling (having worked as a books editor and as Head of Drama Series at HBO), deploys the pacing and plot of a binge-worthy box-set, with writing that immerses you in the cool ocean waters of Cape Cod. What Heller leaves us with, after all, is a delicious ambiguity: does our heroine Elle leave her husband Peter вЂ“ a man she loves, the adoring father of her children вЂ“ for Jonas, her childhood sweetheart, or not? Those readers who really didnвЂ™t want The Paper Palace to finish may have continued into these final pages and flipped right back to the beginning. At the end of her debut novel, Miranda Cowley Heller tells another story: вЂњWhen I was in my teens and first attempting to write fiction, my grandfather Malcolm Cowley gave me a piece of advice that I have carried with me: the only thing you need to know, he said, is that every good story must have a beginning, a middle and an end, with the end foreshadowed in the beginning.вЂќ A bookвЂ™s acknowledgements can be very telling.

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