Best friends and sisters,the four Padavano girls are seen as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Italian-American neighbourhood.
Julia,the eldest,is the'rocket'of the family - she always has a destination in mind and clear plans for how to get there.
Sylvie,the dreamer,is happiest with her nose in a book,dreaming of the kind of love you only read about in literature.
Cecelia and Emmeline,the twins,are the artist and the caregiver.
From childhood,the four sisters complete each other. When Julia falls in love with William Waters,a history student and college sports star,she's delighted by the way her plans for adulthood are coming to fruition: a husband,a house,a family of her own.
But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future,it is Sylvie,not Julia,who becomes his closest confidante - and the ensuing betrayal tears the sisters apart.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241628263Number of pages: 400Weight: 500 gDimensions: 218 x 140 x 40 mm
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'A rich,complex family saga,Hello Beautiful is a portrait of love and grief in equal measure. Napolitano's prose is so lovely,so keenly perceptive,that it held me captive until I finished. A lot of people are going to love this story.'- Mary Beth Keane,New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again,Yes
'Like great jazz,Hello Beautiful takes a melody and transforms it. This is a richly-woven story about family,but it's also a unique take on Little Women. There are no heroes or villains here,only people - flawed and loving and striving like the rest of us. Generosity is the word that comes to mind when I reflect on this gorgeous novel.'- Allegra Goodman,New York Times bestselling author of The Cookbook Collector
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