Big & Lily
A sharply funny, deeply heartfelt novel about two sisters who discover the best way to find yourself is by getting lost.
For her entire life, Bridget âBigâ Ackerman Petty has struggled to hold everything togetherâher kids, her husband, her demanding mother, all in dizzying orbit around her. While the kids are grown and her husband is retired, every day still feels like a to-do list she can never quite finish. Why is everything so effortless and easy for her sister Lilyâa woman blessed with a magnetic personality, a thriving business, and a husband who adores her.
But when Lily discovers her husbandâs been cheating, her âperfectâ life implodes. Devastated and overwhelmed, she decides to run as far away as possible: to Alaska to lose herself on a hardcore survival trekâand sheâs dragged her reluctant sister Big along.
No cell service, no easy exitsâjust grizzlies, outdoor plumbing, and a group of strangers who know how to read a compass. As the sisters navigate freezing rivers, unmarked trails, and more than one near-death experience, the defenses theyâve used to protect themselves begin to crumble, and theyâre forced to face everything theyâve spent decades avoiding: resentment, regret, envy, and the terrifying possibility that the other oneâs life might not be as easy as it looks.
Big & Lily is a laugh-out-loud, emotionally rich novel about second acts, sisterhood, and the unexpected ways we find ourselves when weâre truly lost.
A sharply funny, deeply heartfelt novel about two sisters who discover the best way to find yourself is by getting lost.
For her entire life, Bridget âBigâ Ackerman Petty has struggled to hold everything togetherâher kids, her husband, her demanding mother, all in dizzying orbit around her. While the kids are grown and her husband is retired, every day still feels like a to-do list she can never quite finish. Why is everything so effortless and easy for her sister Lilyâa woman blessed with a magnetic personality, a thriving business, and a husband who adores her.
But when Lily discovers her husbandâs been cheating, her âperfectâ life implodes. Devastated and overwhelmed, she decides to run as far away as possible: to Alaska to lose herself on a hardcore survival trekâand sheâs dragged her reluctant sister Big along.
No cell service, no easy exitsâjust grizzlies, outdoor plumbing, and a group of strangers who know how to read a compass. As the sisters navigate freezing rivers, unmarked trails, and more than one near-death experience, the defenses theyâve used to protect themselves begin to crumble, and theyâre forced to face everything theyâve spent decades avoiding: resentment, regret, envy, and the terrifying possibility that the other oneâs life might not be as easy as it looks.
Big & Lily is a laugh-out-loud, emotionally rich novel about second acts, sisterhood, and the unexpected ways we find ourselves when weâre truly lost.
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A sharply funny, deeply heartfelt novel about two sisters who discover the best way to find yourself is by getting lost.
For her entire life, Bridget âBigâ Ackerman Petty has struggled to hold everything togetherâher kids, her husband, her demanding mother, all in dizzying orbit around her. While the kids are grown and her husband is retired, every day still feels like a to-do list she can never quite finish. Why is everything so effortless and easy for her sister Lilyâa woman blessed with a magnetic personality, a thriving business, and a husband who adores her.
But when Lily discovers her husbandâs been cheating, her âperfectâ life implodes. Devastated and overwhelmed, she decides to run as far away as possible: to Alaska to lose herself on a hardcore survival trekâand sheâs dragged her reluctant sister Big along.
No cell service, no easy exitsâjust grizzlies, outdoor plumbing, and a group of strangers who know how to read a compass. As the sisters navigate freezing rivers, unmarked trails, and more than one near-death experience, the defenses theyâve used to protect themselves begin to crumble, and theyâre forced to face everything theyâve spent decades avoiding: resentment, regret, envy, and the terrifying possibility that the other oneâs life might not be as easy as it looks.
Big & Lily is a laugh-out-loud, emotionally rich novel about second acts, sisterhood, and the unexpected ways we find ourselves when weâre truly lost.
