{"product_id":"hello-beautiful","title":"Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestseller • Oprah's book club pick • More than one million copies sold! From the author of Dear Edward comes a \"powerfully affecting\" (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life's highs and lows with aching precision.\"—The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBOOK SUMMARY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the Chicago Public Library’s ten best books of the year. A best book of the year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Post, She Reads, Bookreporter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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 in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable. Among the four sisters, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But when darkness from William’s past surfaces, the result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Is the loyalty that once rooted them strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnn Napolitano is the New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful, the 100th selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club; Dear Edward, a Read with Jenna selection and an Apple TV+ series; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Radiant and brilliantly crafted . . . Napolitano's [work] resists the easy satisfactions of the sentimental and never settles for simple answers to emotional predicaments faced by her characters.\"—The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This sumptuous family saga is one of those rare novels whose singular characters are so beautifully rendered, it's as if they're your best friends, and you're grateful to be in their orbit.\"—Oprah Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hello Beautiful will make you weep buckets because you come to care so deeply about the characters and their fates. . . . [Napolitano] compels us to contemplate the complex tapestry of family love that can, despite grief and loss, still knit us together. She helps us see ourselves—and each other—whole.\"—The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRODUCT INFORMATION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e416 Pages\u003cbr\u003eFiction \/ Family Life\u003cbr\u003e7.9 in H | 5.1 in W | 0.8 in T | 0.7 lb\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Posman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45157716951239,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3277\/8951\/files\/hello-beautiful-oprahs-book-club-2826676.jpg?v=1759434629","url":"https:\/\/posmanbooks.com\/products\/hello-beautiful","provider":"Posman Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}