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  • Published: 23 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241739860
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 432

Great Big Beautiful Life

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23 Apr 2025
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22 Apr 2025
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22 Apr 2025
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23 May 2025
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A dazzling and sweeping new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 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.
  • Published: 23 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241739860
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 432
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About the author

Emily Henry

Emily Henry is the author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read and You & Me on Vacation, both of which were New York Times bestsellers. She studied creative writing at Hope College and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. She has featured in Prima, Elle, Woman & Home, The Independent (among others) and Jodi Picoult calls her 'my newest automatic-buy author.' Book Lovers is her third novel.

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Also by Emily Henry

Happy Place
Funny Story
Book Lovers
Beach Read
You and Me on Vacation
When the Sky Fell on Splendor
A Million Junes
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Praise for Great Big Beautiful Life

Once again, Emily Henry has knocked it out of the park! Great Big Beautiful Life is a captivating blend of sharp wit and heartfelt emotion, gripping me from the first line and holding me captive until the end.

Elle Kennedy

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Read more here: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/great-big-beautiful-life-9780241740613 A dazzling and sweeping new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 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.