Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In her 2023 novel, Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano riffs on the family dynamics of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, while bringing to life the complex and rich relationships of the Padavano sisters and a basketball-obsessed man they love. Lovers of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women will recognize aspects of the March sisters in the Padavano sisters of Chicago, but the novel offers much more – a decades-long exploration of the way siblings can grow together, grow apart, and how love – and basketball – can change us in unexpected ways. Posi Tucker joins April Lidinsky for a dinner and conversation about family and change.
In her 2023 novel, Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano riffs on the family dynamics of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, while bringing to life the complex and rich relationships of the Padavano sisters and a basketball-obsessed man they love. Lovers of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women will recognize aspects of the March sisters in the Padavano sisters of Chicago, but the novel offers much more – a decades-long exploration of the way siblings can grow together, grow apart, and how love – and basketball – can change us in unexpected ways. Posi Tucker joins April Lidinsky for a dinner and conversation about family and change.
