HELLO BEAUTIFUL
100th selection for Oprah’s book club! From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes an emotionally layered and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
DEAR EDWARD
“A stunning novel of courage and connection in the face of unimaginable loss. Beautifully written, with characters so intensely alive you will hold your breath as they break your heart. An extraordinary read.”–Helen Simonson, author of The Summer Before the War and Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
A GOOD HARD LOOK
“Napolitano doesn’t attempt to mimic Flannery O’Connor’s writing style, turning instead to her own lyric take on the human condition. She’s not written a biography of Flannery, though the character is well rooted in research–While Flannery’s interaction is key to the story, she is a catalyst. One cannot imagine the novel without her, but she is just one in a cast of fully fleshed-out and entrancing characters.”–The Denver Post
WITHIN ARM’S REACH
“In Napolitano’s wonderful first novel, deftly told from six points of view, a New Jersey family bears witness to the cycle of life. The matriarch of the Irish-American McLaughlin clan, Catharine, is living in a care facility, her ‘whole life [in] one room.’ On the other end of the spectrum, Catharine’s unmarried granddaughter, Gracie, is pregnant by a man she doesn’t love–Napolitano gracefully and honestly charts the tensions as the various family members come together.”–Publishers Weekly