“The Palm House” is haunted by stubborn male egos and sharp-edged women whose honesty is often ineffectual in the face of life. https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/gwendoline-rileys-new-novel-surveys-the-wreckage-of-middle-age?utm_campaign=dhvoante&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante