Great Big Beautiful Life
(OverDrive Listen)

Book Cover for "Great Big Beautiful Life"
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for
Author:
Henry, Emily
Narrator:
Whelan, Julia
Published:
Books on Tape 2025
Format:
OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Status:
Checked Out

Description

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.
As featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ The Los Angeles Times ∙ The Cut ∙ USA Today ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Glamour ∙ ELLE ∙ E! Online ∙ The New York Post ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more!
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.
When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.
One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.
Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.
Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.
But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.

Also in This Series

Formats

OverDrive Listen
Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.

More Like This

Other Editions and Formats

Choose a Format
On Shelf
Windsor Fiction
FICTION HENRY E
On Shelf
Windsor Audiobook
CD FICTION HENRY E
Checked Out
Checked Out
21 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
24 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.

Librarian Reviews

Borrower Reviews

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Subjects

Subjects
Fiction
Literature
Romance
Humor (Fiction)

More Details

Street Date:
04/22/2025
Language:
English
ISBN:
9798217063994

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Emily Henry. (2025). Great Big Beautiful Life. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Emily Henry. 2025. Great Big Beautiful Life. Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life. Books on Tape, 2025.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Emily Henry. Great Big Beautiful Life. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2025.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

Copy Details

LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection210
Clearview Library District00

There are 3 holds on this title.

Staff View

Grouped Work ID:
39641864-4df4-f3ea-0c4e-51a7d06e33ac
OverDrive ID:
6c3fb6fa-8dd1-49a4-bd1a-9c042561eebb
Go To Grouped Work

QR Code

API Extraction Dates

Needs Update?:
Yes
Date Added:
Dec 01, 2024 07:58:40
Date Updated:
May 10, 2025 07:49:28
Last Metadata Check:
Dec 27, 2025 23:06:46
Last Metadata Change:
Dec 15, 2025 18:09:28
Last Availability Check:
Dec 27, 2025 23:06:46
Last Availability Change:
Dec 27, 2025 23:06:46
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Dec 28, 2025 02:19:12

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9798217063994
      • name: OverDrive Listen
      • id: audiobook-overdrive
edition
Unabridged
mediaType
Audiobook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Emily Henry
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Great Big Beautiful Life
dateAdded
2024-11-16T01:29:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=359&titleID=11138236
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Across Colorado Digital Consortium (CO)
          • id: 1640
sortTitle
Great Big Beautiful Life
crossRefId
11138236
classifications
    id
    6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB
    starRating
    0

    OverDrive MetaData

    isPublicDomain
    False
    formats
        • duration: 12:02:42
        • fileName: GreatBigBeautifulLif_9798217063994_11138236
        • partCount: 0
        • fileSize: 346911963
        • identifiers:
              • type: ISBN
              • value: 9798217063994
        • name: OverDrive Listen
        • isReadAlong: False
        • id: audiobook-overdrive
        • onSaleDate: 4/22/2025
        • samples:
              • source: From the book
              • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
              • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6c3fb6fa-8dd1-49a4-bd1a-9c042561eebb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
    keywords
        • value: Ebooks
        • value: romance
        • value: Contemporary Romance
        • value: romantic comedy
        • value: beach read
        • value: beach reads
        • value: rom com books
        • value: romance books
        • value: romance novels
        • value: books for women
        • value: Best books
        • value: best romance books
        • value: emily henry
        • value: best selling books
        • value: books best sellers
        • value: gifts for women
        • value: book club books
        • value: new york times best sellers
        • value: gifts for her
        • value: reese witherspoon book club
        • value: reese's book club
        • value: reese book club
        • value: People We Meet on Vacation
        • value: booktok books
        • value: reese witherspoon book club picks
        • value: reese's book club picks
        • value: trending books
        • value: best books 2025
        • value: best books of 2025
        • value: romance‌
    creators
        • role: Author
        • fileAs: Henry, Emily
        • name: Emily Henry
        • role: Narrator
        • fileAs: Whelan, Julia
        • name: Julia Whelan
    publishDate
    2025-04-22T00:00:00Z
    edition
    Unabridged
    isOwnedByCollections
    True
    title
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    fullDescription
    A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.
    As featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ The Los Angeles Times ∙ The Cut ∙ USA Today ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Glamour ∙ ELLE ∙ E! Online ∙ The New York Post ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more!
    Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.
    When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.
    One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.
    Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.
    Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.
    But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
    And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.
    popularity
    301102
    links
      • self:
          • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1B3AAAAA2F/products/6c3fb6fa-8dd1-49a4-bd1a-9c042561eebb/metadata
          • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
      • shareInLibby:
          • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=vPSpAKbvFRY
          • type: text/HTML
    id
    6c3fb6fa-8dd1-49a4-bd1a-9c042561eebb
    images
      • cover:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG100.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • thumbnail:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG200.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • cover150Wide:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG150.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • cover300Wide:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/{6C3FB6FA-8DD1-49A4-BD1A-9C042561EEBB}IMG400.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
    isPublicPerformanceAllowed
    False
    languages
        • code: en
        • name: English
    subjects
        • value: Fiction
        • value: Literature
        • value: Romance
        • value: Humor (Fiction)
    publishDateText
    04/22/2025
    otherFormatIdentifiers
        • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780593441299
    mediaType
    Audiobook
    shortDescription
    A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.
    As featured in The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ Good Morning America ∙ NPR ∙ Vogue ∙ The Los Angeles Times ∙ The Cut ∙ USA Today ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Glamour ∙ ELLE ∙ E! Online ∙ The New York Post ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more!
    Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both...
    sortTitle
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    crossRefId
    11138236
    classifications
      ownedCopies
      21
      publisher
      Books on Tape
      bisacCodes
          • code: FIC027020
          • description: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
          • code: FIC027250
          • description: Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
          • code: FIC044000
          • description: Fiction / Contemporary Women