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Great Big Beautiful Life

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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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

Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romantic Comedy

Critic reviews

Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all time greats (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
One of my favourite authors (Colleen Hoover)
I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous (Ali Hazelwood)
My happy place is an Emily Henry book (Carley Fortune)
An expansive, sweeping love story that also feels so intimately tender...it enveloped me from start to finish. Beautiful. (Bolu Babalola)
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)
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I liked the ‘story’ chapters and these could have been expanded. The main character was not likable or credible. Her childish, overly dramatic, mawkish character did not match her more professional mature approach to unraveling the ‘story’. I skipped large parts of this book and kept to the ‘story’. One of the worst books I’ve listened to for some time!

Two stories: one interesting and one ‘Mills and Boon’

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Where to start? I laughed. I CRIED. I mean, I SOBBED like a distressed baby. But it was worth it. This is a brilliant book with a phenomenal narrator. It’ll break your heart and glue it back together again. Get your tissues read for sad AND happy tears!

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