Warning: Spoilers for the novel Big Big Beautiful Life Forward.
All the time there were some invisible strings that bind Taylor Swift to Emily HenryS latest novel.
And not just because she is a massive swiftie. As its predecessor, Big Big Beautiful Life (out now) is a captivating rom-com, follows Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson as they compete to become the official cinema of the now-advertising media’s heir Margaret Ives. But this time, Henry adds a third central figure in the form of the devastating 1900s tabloid queen, which not only holds the young duo’s professional fate but also their chance in a future together in her hands.
Craft Margaret and more than a century of her stored family’s history-which goes back to the gilded age-where no simple task for Henry, who sought inspiration in several real figures. Among them, Socialit Rebekah HarkessThe whose life and controversy rapid details In “Last Great American Dynasty.”
“I love that song and love the story behind it,” Henry told E! News in an exclusive interview. “Every time in a while I am back on the Wikipedia page, just read through. I just think such families bigger than life really, really exciting.”
