Warning: Spoilers for the novel Great Big Beautiful Life ahead. ย
All along there were some invisible strings tying Taylor Swiftย to Emily Henryโs latest novel.
And not just because sheโs a massive Swiftie. Like its predecessors, Great Big Beautiful Life (out now) is a captivating rom-com, following Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson as they compete to become the official biographer of now-reclusive media heiress Margaret Ives. But this time, Henry adds a third central figure in the form of the beguiling 20th century tabloid queen, who holds not only the young duoโs professional fates but also their chance at a future together in her hands.
Crafting Margaret and more than a century of her storied familyโs historyโdating back to the Gilded Ageโwas no simple task for Henry, who sought inspiration in several real-life figures. Among them, socialite Rebekah Harkness, whose life and controversies Swift details in โLast Great American Dynasty.โย
โI love that song, and love the story behind it,โ Henry told E! News in an exclusive interview. โEvery once in a while I find myself back on the Wikipedia page, just reading through. I just find those kinds of larger-than-life families really, really intriguing.โ
