Great Big Beautiful Life

Two writers. One story. A twist to beat them all… Get ready to fall in love with the emotional new slow-burn romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place , Funny Story and People We Meet on Vacation. THE INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ‘ A love story like the all-time greats’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ‘Captivating, meaningful, and absolutely dazzling - Emily Henry didn’t just write a book, she delivered a literary hug with a twist of intrigue.’ ------ When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island to write her life story, Alice knows this is it: her big break. The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, has been invited there for the exact same reason. The proposal? A one-month trial period, after which Margaret will choose who will get to tell her story and unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century. But Margaret isn’t telling them everything, only giving each of them pieces of a past filled with scandal, wealth and heartbreak. 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. But the truth about Margaret Ives is only part of the story. And depending on who tells it, this could be a mystery, a tragedy… or a love story. Praise for Great Big Beautiful Life: ‘ Nobody writes chemistry like Emily Henry’ Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flat Share ‘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 ‘The tension and yearning and banter were TOP TIER ’ ‘This book is everything!!! Love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, and so much more!!! I'm just blown away’ ‘ 5 great big beautiful stars !! This book is so Last Great American dynasty, so Evelyn Hugo and SO PERFECT!’ ‘Part romance, part mystery, part family drama, this book will have you reading late into the night !’ ‘Henry proves once again why she's a master of romantic tension .’

Two writers. One story. A twist to beat them all… Get ready to fall in love with the emotional new slow-burn romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place , Funny Story and People We Meet on Vacation. THE INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ‘ A love story like the all-time greats’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ‘Captivating, meaningful, and absolutely dazzling - Emily Henry didn’t just write a book, she delivered a literary hug with a twist of intrigue.’ ------ When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island to write her life story, Alice knows this is it: her big break. The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, has been invited there for the exact same reason. The proposal? A one-month trial period, after which Margaret will choose who will get to tell her story and unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century. But Margaret isn’t telling them everything, only giving each of them pieces of a past filled with scandal, wealth and heartbreak. 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. But the truth about Margaret Ives is only part of the story. And depending on who tells it, this could be a mystery, a tragedy… or a love story. Praise for Great Big Beautiful Life: ‘ Nobody writes chemistry like Emily Henry’ Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flat Share ‘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 ‘The tension and yearning and banter were TOP TIER ’ ‘This book is everything!!! Love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, and so much more!!! I'm just blown away’ ‘ 5 great big beautiful stars !! This book is so Last Great American dynasty, so Evelyn Hugo and SO PERFECT!’ ‘Part romance, part mystery, part family drama, this book will have you reading late into the night !’ ‘Henry proves once again why she's a master of romantic tension .’

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry. As featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ The Los Angeles Times ∙ The Cut ∙ USA Today ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Glamour ∙ ELLE ∙ E! Online ∙ The New York Post ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more! Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to 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.

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry. As featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ The Los Angeles Times ∙ The Cut ∙ USA Today ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Glamour ∙ ELLE ∙ E! Online ∙ The New York Post ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more! Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to 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.

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 ----- 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. ----- ‘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

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 ----- 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. ----- ‘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

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 ----- 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. ----- ‘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

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 ----- 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. ----- ‘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

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to 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.

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to 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.