Season 2 · Episode 9
S2E9 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Books I Make My Husband Read · Jon & Kristy King-Pritzl
June 3, 202539m 15sExplicit
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Show Notes
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
Topics
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