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The Incredible Kindness of Paper

Published
Aug 2025
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Women's Fiction Women's Fiction
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256

About This Book

"A sweet confection of a story, filled with heart." —Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author

Can one random act of kindness change the trajectory of a life? Serendipity has the power to fold two fates together and reunite a pair of lost loves in this enchanting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the "tug-at-your-heartstrings winner" (Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author) The Hundred Loves of Juliet.

Can one random act of kindness change the trajectory of a life?

In elementary school, Chloe Hanako Quinn is assigned Oliver Jones as her pen pal partner. Before sending her letter, she also whispers a note into it…and he hears her. Little does she know it would be the beginning of a friendship that would bloom into something more. That is, until disaster strikes, and Oliver and his family disappear without a trace.

Now over twenty years later, Chloe is a high school guidance counselor in New York City. But life in the Big Apple is not what she dreamed it would be as she faces a layoff, rising rent, a situationship, and loneliness. Desperate for encouragement, she gives herself a pep talk via uplifting messages written on yellow origami paper that she folds into roses. When one of the roses unexpectedly finds its way to a neighbor in need of cheering up, a desire to spread kindness and optimism is sparked in Chloe, who begins folding more roses and leaving them around town.

Across the city, Oliver has picked himself up from the rough circumstances that forced him to leave everything behind as a teenager—including Chloe. Now a successful financial analyst, Oliver's past continues to haunt him. But when the city is suddenly inundated with yellow origami roses, a specific one finds its way into his hands and changes his life forever…

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Jun 2026 Atria ISBN 1668081911
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First Edition Aug 2025 Atria ISBN 1668081903
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Dec 2025 Thorndike Press, A Cengage Group ISBN 1420529137
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Aug 2025 Atria ISBN 166808192X
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Aug 2025 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN 1668122804
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