Great Big Beautiful Life Midnight Release Party

📚✨ Calling all rom-com lovers! Join us at Storyline Bookshop for an unforgettable midnight release party celebrating Emily Henry's latest novel, Great Big Beautiful Life! Get ready for a night of laughter, fun, and first dibs on this dreamy read. Here’s what you need to know:

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🛌 When: April 21 – Doors open at 10:00 PM, and at 12:01 AM, grab your copy of Great Big Beautiful Life and dive into a world of romance and adventure!

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👚 What to Wear: Break out your comfiest pajamas and join us for a cozy slumber party experience!

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🎨 What's Happening:

• Nail Polish Swap: Discover new colors and share your favorites!
• Bracelet Making: Create a keepsake to remember the night.
• Slumber Party Snacks: Enjoy classic treats while mingling with fellow book lovers.
• Trivia & Games: Test your Emily Henry knowledge and win fun prizes!

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🌟 Can’t make it to the midnight release? Stay tuned for details on our morning release activities to keep the fun going!

Mark your calendar and prepare for a night you won't forget. We can't wait to celebrate with you! 📖💖

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About the Book:

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.

Named a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ USA Today ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more!

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.

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About the Author

Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Great Big Beautiful Life, Funny Story, Happy Place, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read. She studied creative writing at Hope College, and now spends most of her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the part of Kentucky just beneath it.

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