SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
William Waters finds a missing piece of life when he meets Julia Padavano in college and marries into a family of four sisters. He’d grown up feeling that his parents had only one child, and, in Ann Napolitano’s memorable phrase, it wasn’t him. The embrace of sisters, often comforting, sometimes stifling, forgiving, forgetting and going on is at the heart of her new novel, “Hello Beautiful.” Ann Napolitano, author of the bestseller “Dear Edward,” which is now an Apple Plus series, joins us from New York. Thanks so much for being with us.
ANN NAPOLITANO: Thank you so much for having me.
SIMON: Tell us about William. He has to grow up with a darkness, doesn’t he?
NAPOLITANO: Yes. His 3-year-old sister dies the same week that he is born. And his parents are so heartbroken that when they look at him, they only feel their own pain,…
