S2E9 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

In this episode, we dive into Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry—a genre-bending story of rival writers, buried secrets, and one enigmatic woman at the center of it all. We unpack parental expectations, weird endings, and why being 5'7" is apparently a plot point.

Links

• Official author website (https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/)
• Great Big Beautiful Life (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218559595-great-big-beautiful-life)
• Emily Henry on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13905555.Emily_Henry)

Chapters

• (02:07) - Book summary


• (03:48) - SPOILER ALERT!


• (04:29) - Jon's review


• (05:41) - Kristy's review


• (08:46) - Genre mixing


• (11:05) - Crossing lines of love and work


• (14:09) - Parental expectations


• (17:09) - Margaret's story


• (19:58) - Media's impact on the soul


• (22:15) - The twist


• (24:27) - What would Jon have done?


• (27:32) - Margaret's decision


• (30:00) - Wanna be famous?!


• (31:34) - Three versions of a story


• (33:34) - Who Jon would tell-all on


• (36:19) - Final thoughts