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Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club

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.

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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.

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Published Apr 22, 2025

432 pages

Average rating: 7.63

785 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

jess.withbooks
Jun 05, 2025
10/10 stars
“After more than three decades on this planet, all it took was a few weeks and the right person to entirely rearrange my composition.”
Michalmarie123
Jun 07, 2025
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staceygall
Jun 04, 2025
8/10 stars
I appreciate Emily Henry's branching out for new stories and ideas, but this one just did not quite do it for me. I'm pinpointing it on a lack of mystery and intrigue. I never quite bought into the allure of Margaret and her story, and the only palpable suspense was introduced late and resolved quickly. The book needed a more compelling mystery to drive it forward. That being said, I enjoy even a so-so Emily Henry more than most other books in the genre. It'll make for great TV.
Kaile.ymichelle
Jun 01, 2025
10/10 stars
I haven’t read a book that I was this invested in in a very long time. Definitely one of my favorite reads so far and it’s inching its way to being my favorite read of the year!!
Sadiya777
Jun 01, 2025
8/10 stars
This book is about two writers fighting for a spot to write a book for a former famous celeb. Sounds mundane but it’s not! I was turning pages so quickly because I wanted to know what happened next. The romance is a slow burn but done perfectly, the characters are written amazingly and the writing itself is beautiful. The plot twists had me floored at the end. Completely baffled! 4 stars only because I didn’t like the whole explaining the whole family tree thing aside from that, I was happy reading the entire time.

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