Hello Beautiful
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Narrated by:
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Maura Tierney
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By:
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Ann Napolitano
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a beautifully tender, heartbreaking, and moving story of four sisters over three decades.
Meet the Padvano girls. Best friends and sisters, they are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is the "rocket" of the family - she always has a destination in mind and clear plans for how to get there. Sylvie, the dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book and imagines a life for herself other than the expected path of wife and mother. Cecelia and Emmeline, the twins, are the artist and the caregiver. From childhood, the four sisters complete each other, expecting that their family will always be intact.
When Julia falls in love with William Walters, a history student and college sports star, she's delighted by the way her plans for adulthood are coming together. A husband, a house, a family. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who steps in to help. Suddenly, things shift. Dynamics and relationships, priorities and secrets - everything that was once a given no longer is.
Rich and vivid, heartbreaking and heart-mending, Hello Beautiful captures the joy, tragedy, trust, and betrayal to ask: what does it mean to be a family? And once shattered, can it be pieced back together?
©2023 Ann Napolitano (P)2023 Penguin AudioListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"A rich, complex family saga, Hello Beautiful is a portrait of love and grief in equal measure. Napolitano's prose is so lovely, so keenly perceptive, that it held me captive until I finished. A lot of people are going to love this story." (Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes)
"Like great jazz, Hello Beautiful takes a melody and transforms it. This is a richly-woven story about family, but it's also a unique take on Little Women. There are no heroes or villains here, only people--flawed and loving and striving like the rest of us. Generosity is the word that comes to mind when I reflect on this gorgeous novel." (Allegra Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Cookbook Collector and Sam)
"Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing." (Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of Again, Rachel)
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- _traveller78
- 09-08-23
Amazing!
Highly recommend, beautiful book, amazing characters. I ended up almost binging this audiobook, which rarely happens.
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- Suzi Walsh
- 15-09-23
A beautiful book .Gentle and a wonderful story.
I loved listening to this book .Wonderfully narrated.Such a pleasure to listen to .Didn't want it to end .
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- KW
- 21-09-23
Wonderful listen. Sad it was over
Some beautiful descriptive ideas. Gentle story told with a gentle style of narration. Really loved how the lives entwined.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-12-23
Loved this book!
Excellent story line and brilliant narrator. I have bought this book for Christmas presents! One of my best books of 2023.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-12-23
Wonderful listen!
A most intriguing listen. Complex characters who somehow managed to pull it together and live with the consequences.
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- Rachel
- 07-01-24
Amazing
I loved this book from the off. The story is brilliant and it is so well written. It makes you want to be. Better person and wish you had sisters.
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- Ness.W
- 04-03-24
Beautifully written and narrated.
Great read. Wasn’t sure what to expect at the beginning, absolutely enjoyed it. Couldn’t put it down.
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- J. A. Doughty
- 13-12-24
Sad that it’s finished
Every character was so carefully drawn with likeable traits and sad flaws resulting in the reader caring about each and every one of them. The story arc spanned many years of family fall outs and ultimately love. Loved the narrator. Very enjoyable listen.
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- Mrs E.C.McMillan
- 23-06-23
Beautiful!
A well written book with very believable characters living out their lives individually but as part of each other as an extended family .
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-23
Just wonderful
If you loved Little Women as a child you will love this updated narrative. Characters are patiently drawn with warmth, compassion, humour and insight. Refreshingly they are not saints but this makes them even more perfect. I loved the narrators soft accents but the delivery was too quick for me and I listened at 0.9.
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