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Emma Brodie’s INTO THE BLUE Is Reese Witherspoon’s April Book Club Pick

Emma Brodie joined TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle.

Reese Witherspoon has selected INTO THE BLUE by Emma Brodie as her April 2026 Reese’s Book Club pick! INTO THE BLUE was published on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, by Ballantine with Thousand Voices, Jenna Bush Hager’s venture with the Random House Publishing Group.

In addition to being a novelist, Emma is also an Executive Editor at Clarkson Potter, where she works with authors across illustrated non-fiction categories.

Emma joined Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show this week to share more about her inspiration for INTO THE BLUE. The segment includes a fun video from Reese Witherspoon to celebrate this exciting publication!

An instant in-house obsession since executive editor Natalie Hallak first shared the manuscript with the Ballantine team, INTO THE BLUE quickly won over early readers:

• “An achingly romantic, compulsively readable love story—with chemistry that burns up every page.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid
• “Smart and romantic, with fine observations about theater and life. The final act will stay with me.” —Gabrielle Zevin
• “Emma Brodie writes with heart and precision, with sentences that shimmer and characters who feel alive long after the final page. This novel changed the way I looked at life and love—it reminded me that second chances aren’t always neat, but they are always possible.”—Jenna Bush Hager

About INTO THE BLUE

In the summer of 2000, AJ Graves dreams of writing for Saturday Night Live; instead, she’s stuck working at a video rental store. Then Noah Drew—the enigmatic heir to a storied acting dynasty—walks into her life and changes it forever. Despite their very different upbringings, the two form a deep and cosmic bond, first as friends and then as acting partners until one day, Noah disappears without a word. Years later, they reunite on the set of a television show that becomes a fan favorite phenomenon, setting the stage for a sweeping love story filled with unforgettable characters, yearning, and second chances.

INTO THE BLUE is available for download on the PRH Reader App and the PRH Audio App.