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June 03, 2025

S2E9 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

39 minutes

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

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By Jon & Kristy King-Pritzl

1818 ratings