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The Page Turner

by Viola Shipman

A family divided over what counts as worthy fiction

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    Praise from Mary Kay Andrews

    Mary Kay Andrews praises the book as “A tasty, dishy inside look at the world of publishing” and says readers wi...

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A family divided over what counts as worthy fiction

Emma Page has built a life around writing romance while her parents, who run the vanity press The Mighty Pages, prize “serious” literature and dismiss popular fiction. At the family cottage, her late grandmother’s summer romances offer Emma a source of inspiration—and a discovery among Gigi’s belongings puts the family’s publishing business and reputation at risk. With the secret also in the hands of a publishing insider, Emma faces a conflict between exposing her parents’ hypocrisy and protecting the family legacy. The story brings questions of literary status, sibling visibility and family loyalty into a publishing-world drama that moves between the Hamptons and Lake Michigan.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in fiction about publishing and literary culture.
  • For readers who enjoy family dramas centered on sibling and parent-child tensions.
  • For readers drawn to stories about romance writing and the divide between popular and literary fiction.

Themes

Family loyalty and reputationLiterary status and popular fictionSibling dynamicsWriting and publishing

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Book overview

"A tasty, dishy inside look at the world of publishing. Readers will be begging for a sequel!"--Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of Summers at the Saint

A young romance writer makes a discovery that throws her elitist family into chaos in this sharp, witty and entirely delightful family drama for fans of Elinor Lipman and Jennifer Weiner.

Emma Page grew up the black sheep in a bookish household, raised to believe that fine literature is the only worthy type of fiction. Her parents, self-proclaimed "serious" authors who run their own vanity press, The Mighty Pages, mingle in highbrow social circles that look down on anything too popular or mainstream, while her sister, Jess, is a powerful social media influencer whose stylish reviews can make or break a novel.

Hiding her own romance manuscript from her disapproving parents, Emma finds inspiration at the family cottage among the "fluff" they despise: the juicy summer romances that belonged to her late grandmother. But a chance discovery unearthed from her Gigi's belongings reveals a secret that has the power to ruin her parents' business and destroy their reputation in the industry--a secret that has already fallen into the hands of an unscrupulous publishing insider with a grudge to settle. Now Emma must decide--as much as she's dreamed of the day when her parents are forced to confront their own egos, can she really just sit back and watch The Mighty Pages be exposed and their legacy destroyed?

From the wealthy enclaves of the Hamptons to the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan, The Page Turner is a delectable glimpse inside the world of publishing, and Viola Shipman's most glittering achievement yet!

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