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GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Emily Henry

• 22 April 2025

• standalone

★★★★★
4.9 Stars

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.

Alice + Hayden

Alice is a journalist. Writing articles for a magazine. But she wants to write something amazing ...something her mom could be proud of.

That's where the legendary Ives family comes into the picture. The super famous and glamorous last living Ives - Margaret - has been hiding away from the public for over 20 years. And Alice found her! Living on a small island in Georgia.

Margaret agrees to being interviewed for a book. Only problem... Alice is not the only one who wants the job.

Grumpy hot Pulitzer winner Hayden is here too and they have a month to convince Margaret to pick the right Author.

Let the fun times begin...

Adorable!

I loved this!

Alice has been a fan of Margaret and her late rock star husband since she was a little girl. Her dad was a fan and she grew up listening to the music and the stories.

And now she finally has the chance to write something meaningful and super exclusive. But there's this annoying other guy - who we of course find very attractive and interesting. I loved them together. He's so adorably grumpy and she is so the opposite.
I usually don't like it when a side story is told in my books. I want to concentrate on my romance and my two darlings. But this book has just enough about Margaret Ives' life that we want even more. More of her, but of course also more about Alice and Hayden. It was the perfect mix of all the stories and I still wanted more! It was all so interesting and exciting and heartbreaking and mysterious and you just have to know how it all ends - Margaret, Alice and Hayden.

I loved reading this. Amazing cast, amazing location. Well, almost - I could've done without the super humid summer heat - I was sweating just reading about it!

I need to see this as a movie one day!

GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE was such a sweet and sparky and heartbreaking and mysterious and exciting love and life story. Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Hayden - he'll be sold out in no time!

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Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read, as well as the forthcoming Happy Place. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the part of Kentucky just beneath it.