Great Big Beautiful Life
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress with more than a few plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.
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.
'Emily Knows how to craft a love story like the all time greats' - Taylor Jenkins Reid
'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous' - Ali Hazelwood
'Great Big Beautiful Life has everything you love in a classic Emily Henry novel, plus so much more. Nobody writes chemistry like Emily Henry, and you're guaranteed to fall head over heels for Alice and Hayden.' - Beth O'Leary
© Emily Henry 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Share in the romance and the revelations as an enemies-to-lovers affair plays out between two journalists in this charming novel by the author of Funny Story. Mega-perky Alice Scott thinks she’s found her chance to finally break out as a writer when she’s invited to meet with Margaret Ives, the elderly scion of a notorious media dynasty, who’s finally willing to share her story with the right person. But super-surly and Pulitzer-winning journalist Hayden Anderson is also determined to get the scoop on the Ives family. Unfortunately for them both, Margaret intends for them to compete for the privilege of writing her biography. As she tells each of them select—but different—parts of her life over the next month, they’ll have to prove themselves worthy of getting the whole story. Meanwhile, what begins as a fierce rivalry between these two journalists starts to transform into something equally as passionate. We loved the contemporary drama set against the past spectacle of Margaret Ives’ own thrilling and heartbreaking family history, which spans major events in 19th- and 20th-century America. And Julia Whelan narrates with all the charm and flair we’ve come to expect.
