Great Big Beautiful Life

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB SELECTION ∙ AN IMMEDIATE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ In this captivating and expansive novel by Emily Henry, two writers vie for the opportunity to narrate the extraordinary life of a woman full of unexpected twists. Featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ 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 chasing her big writing break, while Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer with a stormy demeanor. Both arrive at Little Crescent Island to write the biography of a reclusive woman claiming to be Margaret Ives—an heiress with a scandalous past. Margaret offers them a one-month trial to decide who will tell her story. Alice has three reasons to stay focused: her genuine love for people, the chance to prove herself with a serious publication, and the intense rivalry with Hayden. Yet, Margaret shares only fragments of her life, bound by a strict NDA, while a complicated attraction grows between the two writers. Their story, like Margaret’s, could be a mystery, tragedy, or love story—depending on who tells it.