Ann Napolitano – författare

En sommarmorgon lyfter ett flygplan från New York till Los Angeles. Det är 191 passagerare ombord, bland dem en ung kvinna som tar ett graviditetstest på flygplanets toalett, en Wall Street-miljonär som flirtar med flygvärdinnan, en skadad soldat som återvänder från Afghanistan och två föräldrar som flyttar över landet med sina söner. När planet kraschar på ett fält i Colorado är den yngste av dessa pojkar, 12-årige Edward Adler, den enda som överlever.

Edward kämpar för att förstå meningen med sin överlevnad och för att hitta en plats i världen utan sin familj. I det nya hemmet hos mostern och hennes man är den enda trösten vänskapen med flickan i huset bredvid, Shay. Tillsammans gör Edward och Shay en häpnadsväckande upptäckt: gömda i familjens garage finns säckar med brev från släktingar till de andra passagerarna, adresserade till Edward.

Eftersom Edward växer upp i skuggan av barndomens plötsliga tragedi tvingas han konfrontera några av livets mest djupgående frågor: Hur gör vi det mesta av den tid vi får? Och vad betyder det att inte bara överleva, utan att verkligen leva?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

"Hello Beautiful is exactly that: beautiful, perceptive, wistful. It's a story of family and friendship, of how the people we are bound to can also set us free. I loved it."-Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace

William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him-so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it's as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos.

But then darkness from William's past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia's carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters' unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?

An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.

One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.

Edward's story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery-one that will lead him to the answers of some of life's most profound questions: When you've lost everything, how do you find the strength to put one foot in front of the other? How do you learn to feel safe again? How do you find meaning in your life?

Dear Edward is at once a transcendent coming-of-age story, a multidimensional portrait of an unforgettable cast of characters, and a breathtaking illustration of all the ways a broken heart learns to love again.