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Hello Beautiful: A Novel

byAnn Napolitano

Ann Napolitano's novel follows the four Padavano sisters, whose fierce closeness is altered when Julia brings William Waters into their Chicago family. William, shaped by a lonely childhood and love of basketball, finds belonging among the sisters before depression and betrayal fracture their shared life. Over decades, marriage, motherhood, illness, estrangement, and forgiveness test what family loyalty requires. Inspired in part by Little Women, the novel gives each sister a distinct ambition and wound. It asks whether love can survive choices that cannot be undone and whether broken families can form new shapes.

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780593243732