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Dear Edward

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES 
 
It's not what you've lost . . . it's what you've found. 
 
One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles: there are 192 people aboard. When the plane suddenly crashes, twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor. 
 
In the aftermath, Edward struggles to make sense of his grief, sudden fame and find his place in a world without his family. But then Edward and his neighbour Shay make a startling discovery; hidden in his uncle's garage are letters from the relatives of other passengers - all addressed him. 
 
Following the passengers' final hours and Edward's unique coming-of-age, Dear Edward asks one of life's most profound questions: 
 
What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? 
 
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'Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing. I'm in awe' Marian Keyes 
 
'A very moving and emotional read' Anne Tyler 
 
'Gripping and elegiac, this is a captivating novel about loss, love and growing up' Rosamund Lupton 
 
'That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together . . . Don't miss this one' Jodi Picoult

A powerful book about living a meaningful life during the most difficult of times

Outstanding, beautifully written, a compulsive read

That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together . . . Don't miss this one

Gripping... a captivating novel about loss, love and growing up

Wonderful... a beautifully written coming-of-age story

Dear Edward made me think, nod in recognition, care about its characters, and cry, and you can't ask more of a novel than that

Ann Napolitano is the author of the novels A Good Hard Look and Within Arm's Reach. She is also the Assistant Editor of One Story literary magazine. She received an MFA from New York University; she has taught fiction writing for Brooklyn College's MFA program, New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies and for Gotham Writers' Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles: there are 192 people aboard. When the plane suddenly crashes, twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor. 
 
In the aftermath, Edward struggles to make sense of his grief, sudden fame and find his place in a world without his family. But then Edward and his neighbour Shay make a startling discovery; hidden in his uncle's garage are letters from the relatives of other passengers - all addressed him. 
 
Following the passengers' final hours and Edward's unique coming-of-age, Dear Edward asks one of life's most profound questions: what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?

Ann Napolitano

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls are seen as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Italian-American neighbourhood, bringing loving chaos with them wherever they go. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him. 
 
With Julia comes her family: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who becomes his closest confidante. The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line. 
 
HELLO BEAUTIFUL is a heart-breaking and heart-mending novel that asks: can love make a broken family whole?

Ann Napolitano

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