The Palm House

About The Palm House

From the author of My Phantoms and First Love, a droll and quietly evocative novel about work, friendship, family, and the path, so often muddled, toward finding one's place in life. Laura Miller and Edmund Putnam have been friends for a long time, with long evenings spent huddled in an ancient pub by the Thames. Recently, though, Putnam has been harder to reach: he has lost his father, and the magazine to which he has dedicated his life has been hijacked by an insufferable new editor. Laura has her own problems, and as Putnam starts to sink into despondency, she must try to bring him back, in a novel of enduring friendships and small mercies.