Hello Beautiful
Published on 25. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-241-99849-6 (ISBN)
Description
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READ * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD!
'BEAUTIFUL, PERCEPTIVE, WISTFUL' Miranda Cowley Heller
'ANN NAPOLITANO'S WRITING IS ASTONISHING' Marian Keyes
'RADIANT AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED' New York Times
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Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighbourhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him.
With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante. The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line.
Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?
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'A luminously beautiful novel' Observer
'I very nearly missed my stop on the train. It was that good' Elle
'A novel of rare yet classic beauty' i Paper
'A moving, tender family epic' Pandora Sykes
'BEAUTIFUL, PERCEPTIVE, WISTFUL' Miranda Cowley Heller
'ANN NAPOLITANO'S WRITING IS ASTONISHING' Marian Keyes
'RADIANT AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED' New York Times
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Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighbourhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him.
With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante. The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line.
Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?
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'A luminously beautiful novel' Observer
'I very nearly missed my stop on the train. It was that good' Elle
'A novel of rare yet classic beauty' i Paper
'A moving, tender family epic' Pandora Sykes
Reviews / Votes
Napolitano's prose is so lovely, so keenly perceptive, that it held me captive until I finished -- Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing -- Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of Again, Rachel A profoundly moving and propulsive novel of the deepest connections of family and love, trauma and healing. A book to treasure and share with friends and loved ones -- Angie Kim, bestselling author of Miracle Creek This powerfully affecting novel illustrates [that] love and luck don't always intertwine * People Magazine * This is a story about family, and sisters... and how love can be redeemed -- Therese Anne Fowler, author of It All Comes Down to This Radiant and brilliantly crafted * New York Times * Beautiful, perceptive, wistful. I loved it -- Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing -- Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups As addictive as last year's The Paper Palace * Grazia * I read this while traveling from London to Manchester and very nearly missed my stop on the train. It was that good -- Abi Dare * Elle *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-99849-6 (9780241998496)
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E-Book
03/2023
Penguin Books Ltd
€8.99
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Ann Napolitano is the author of Dear Edward, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna selection, and is now an Apple TV+ series. She is also the author of the novels A Good Hard Look and Within Arm's Reach. For seven years, Napolitano was the associate editor of the literary magazine One Story, and she received an MFA from New York University. She has taught fiction writing at Brooklyn College's MFA program, New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and Gotham Writers Workshop. Professional Studies and for Gotham Writers' Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.