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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: 7.78

266 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

juleskshi
May 22, 2025
9/10 stars
first book to make me cry in a while. i loved that emily henry decided to do something a little different and add a mystery element to this story. the vibes reminded me a lot of beach read, which i loved. one my of favorite things about her romances is that there’s an actual story going on outside of just the characters falling in love l. i did find the family element to be confusing and hard to keep up with, but it was nothing i had too much of an issue with.
Anonymous
May 20, 2025
8/10 stars
I enjoyed this book and I loved how the FMC and MMC were so into books and writing. While this is a romance, it also had a bit of mystery to it that had me so eager to find the clues to figure it out!
*Thank you Librofm for the gifted copy in exchange for my honest review!*
Missopalk
May 19, 2025
8/10 stars
It was kind of a slower pace at first but once everything come together it all made sense and it was a good easy read
CharleyB
May 12, 2025
8/10 stars
I had been waiting months for this one and it did not disappoint. Giving ‘Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ vibes, the twists kept coming and I didn’t pick the ending. Really well done by EH. Highly recommend. 8/10
MWind
May 10, 2025
4/10 stars
Formulaic in some ways as many of her books are, but also comforting and fun- with a bit of a surprise. That’s always a quick and enjoyable read.

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