Great Big Beautiful Life
Summary Great Big Beautiful Life
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 f
...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.
Episode list
Chapter One
Before I collapsed into my freshly laundered hotel bedding last
He waves me off as he heads toward the steps down to the dirt
She takes another sip of tea before returning her mug to its place
A server is walking past right then and she slows when he lifts his
He was
Some deep part of my subconscious feels his presence and sends
I fight a smile as I pass a couple of sunburnt ladies excitedly cooing
He starts typing right away but it takes forever for his reply to come
My yelp of surprise becomes a breathless laugh as he essentially
The sun is setting by the time we pull down the long driveway to the
I just need to get back to Little
I gather the blankets off the couch and carry them back into the
Next thing she knew there were a dozen more flashes going off in
Her stomach flipped nonsensically as their sudden eye contact
I have no idea how Margaret has managed to move through life so
A bright flame that burned so hot it chased away the blue that had
I carefully lift the stack of yellowed newspaper trimmings out of
And after years of knowing her as sunny smiles and bright clothes
