Hello Beautiful

 
　　愛，能讓一個破碎的人，重新變完整嗎？
 
　　《親愛的愛德華》暢銷作者安．納波利塔諾以家庭為背景，再次探討關於愛的力量
 
　　William Waters一家人，因為大女兒的逝世，而長期籠罩在悲傷和沈默之中，這讓他從小生長過程中，從未得到來自雙親的關愛，孤單的Williams似乎只有在籃球場上才能感到歸屬感。當他得到體優生獎學金上了大學，遇見熱情有活力的Julia Padavano，那一直以來環繞在他身旁的陰鬱色彩似乎一掃而空。Julia為他帶來的不只是光亮，還有Williams未感受過的家庭溫暖。她的三個妹妹：Sylvie，天真而爛漫的夢想家，喜歡沈浸在書本的世界；雙胞胎，擁有自由靈魂的藝術家Cecelia，和安靜有包容心的Emeline。Padavanos四姊妹感情之深，有如一個不可分割的個體，這讓Williams加入之後得到從未有過的愛和滿足。
 
　　然而考驗總是緊接在幸福的生活之後，Williams黑暗的過往威脅從未散去，這讓Julia定好的未來藍圖中埋下一顆炸彈。未婚、自殺，等等的突發事件也讓四姊妹彼此的堅固的連結之間，出現了裂痕。到底各自對彼此許下的忠誠和愛，是否能過帶領他們五人同時走過難關？

(文／博客來外文館)

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.

Ann Napolitano is the author of Dear Edward, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna selection, and which will soon be released as 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.