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