Hello Beautiful

Biographical Note:
Ann Napolitano is the author of Dear Edward, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna selection, and is now an Apple TV+ series. She is also the author of the novels A Good Hard Look and Within Arm's Reach. For seven years, Napolitano was the associate editor of the literary magazine One Story, and she received an MFA from New York University. She has taught fiction writing at Brooklyn College's MFA program, New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and Gotham Writers Workshop.

Review Quotes:
"Radiant and brilliantly crafted . . . Napolitano's [work] resists the easy satisfactions of the sentimental and never settles for simple answers to emotional predicaments faced by her characters." --The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)

"This sumptuous family saga is one of those rare novels whose singular characters are so beautifully rendered, it's as if they're your best friends, and you're grateful to be in their orbit." --Oprah Quarterly

" Hello Beautiful will make you weep buckets because you come to care so deeply about the characters and their fates. . . . [Napolitano] compels us to contemplate the complex tapestry of family love that can, despite grief and loss, still knit us together. She helps us see ourselves--and each other--whole." --The Washington Post

"A sprawling, hugely affecting novel [filled with] empathetic characters and rich writing . . . [ Hello Beautiful] has rightfully earned comparisons to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, with its four close, vibrant sisters and the lonely outsider who infiltrates their circle." --Shondaland

"This is a warm blanket of a book, one that reminds you of the enveloping power of literature and leaves you very grateful to have encountered it." --Vogue

" Little Women fans will be endeared by Hello Beautiful's homage to the March siblings, in the form of the four Padavano sisters. Any lover of a sweeping family saga will be moved by the Padavanos' unraveling." --Harper's Bazaar

"Napolitano's novel will make you think deeply about sisterhood and what we choose to share with those we love." --Town & Country

"Can love make a broken person whole? That is the simple but compelling question at the center of . . . this engrossing and emotional family drama." --E! Online