NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • From theauthor of Dear Edward comes a "powerfully affecting" ( People ) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
"Another tender tearjerker . Napolitano chronicles life's highs and lows with aching precision." — The Washington Post
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 in his freshman year of college, it's if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, and her three sisters inseparates: Syle, Sylvier. 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. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound content; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos.
But then darkness from William's past surface, jeopardizing not only Julia's carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters' unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when they matters most?
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.