description: After a shattering incident of violence in New York, Daniel has returned to the town where he grew up. There, along with Kate and her daughter, Ruby, he settles into the kind of secure and comfortable family like he longed for during his emotionally barren childhood. But then he falls helplessly in love with Iris, the black woman whose son is Ruby's best friend - the beginning of an affair that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel's profession, their children's emotional well-being, and their view of themselves as essentially good people.
language: English
title: A Ship Made of Paper
titlecomplete: A Ship Made of Paper
genres: Interracial Romance, Race, Adult Fiction, Novels, Romance, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 1764
places: New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Arrow