Great Big Beautiful Life
The new #1 Sunday Times bestselling romance from the author of Beach Read
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The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from the TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story.
AN INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!
‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
‘A new Emily Henry novel is an event, ushering in longer days and promises of summer’ The Skinny
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When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is it: her big break. And even more rare: a chance to impress her family with a Serious Publication.
The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, is sure of the same thing.
The proposal? A one-month trial period to unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century, after which she’ll choose who’ll tell her story.
The problem? Margaret is only giving each of them tantalising pieces. Pieces they can’t put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story – just like the tale Margaret’s spinning – could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad … depending on who’s telling it.
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‘With a delicious slow-burn romance, a perfectly grumpy hero, and a setting that comes to life, this one checked all my boxes’ -- Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
‘One of my favourite authors’ -- Colleen Hoover, bestselling author of It Ends With Us
‘I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous’ -- Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
‘An expansive, sweeping love story that also feels so intimately tender.... Beautiful.’ -- Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of Honey and Spice
‘Nobody writes chemistry like Emily Henry’. -- Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flat Share
FIVE STAR READER REVIEWS
‘I loved loved loved loved this and I expected nothing less because duh it's Emily Henry.’ Reader Review
‘My favourite by this 'must read' author’ Reader Review
‘Certainly deliver[s] on the slow burn, sexual tension and romance’ Reader Review
‘Did I finish GBBL or did it finish me?... I devoured it’ Reader Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What begins as a charming if standard rom-com evolves into a hauntingly beautiful meditation on what makes a life well lived in the latest showstopper from Henry (Funny Story). Thirty-something entertainment journalist Alice Scott jumps at the chance to interview an octogenarian claiming to be the infamous Margaret Ives, descendant of American media royalty and a "Tabloid Princess" of yore. Alice heads to Little Crescent Island, a small coastal Georgia town, with dreams of Margaret's biography being her big break. She's not the only one vying for the job, though: Pulitzer winner Hayden Anderson is also in the running. They have a month to each separately interview Margaret then pitch their proposals. But Margaret's stories don't quite add up, leading Hayden and Alice toward each other as they search for answers. Flashbacks to Margaret's glamorous past are threaded throughout the contemporary narrative, offering a candid glimpse into loves and lives lost and serving as a poignant counterpoint to the romance between Hayden and Alice. There's also plenty of Henry's trademark wit and even a hint of mystery as the sparring hearts probe the veracity of Margaret's tales. This is a stunner.
