Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss is a semi-autobiographical memoir by former first daughter and bestselling author Jenna Bush Hager. It was published in 2020 by William Morrow. The book recounts Hager’s life as the granddaughter of the former President of the United States of America George Bush and Barbara Bush.
The author explores her relationship with her loving grandparents and all the great insight into life that she received from them. Hager credits her grandparents for teaching her valuable life skills like humility, respect, kindness, ambition, and love. In her adulthood, she has always maintained a habit of implementing the values that were upheld by her amazing grandparents.
Through her powerful essays, unforgettable experiences, and love for life, the author showcases a book that embodies life itself with its tumultuous ups and downs. Hager faces the toughest year of her life when she loses three people that matter the most to her. These events shake and test her at her core.
It is only by confronting the pain and reality of her situation, that she can begin the journey of coming to terms with the loss. Hager holds on to the moments she shared with her grandparents and uses them as an anchor to overcome the darkest times in her life. She pays a beautiful and wholehearted tribute to her family with this book, as she has done many countless times before.
Everything Beautiful in Its Time is an ode to family love and the value of that everlasting connection. During moments of great grief and loss, the book recommends finding the value in moments and being at peace with whatever resolution that takes shape after overcoming hardships.
