Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life.
But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere.
Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story.
From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love.
Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
My Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
There is so much to Evelyn Hugo, the superstar, and Oscar winning Hollywood actress.
It is not every time you get to read about someone who has married seven husbands in her lifetime.
Evelyn Hugo life isn't as perfect and classy as people think it is. As a child, she never experienced love, because of her deadbeat, abusive father.
Evelyn is so many things, but one thing she's not is a coward. She takes the bull by its horns, and never willing to give up on anything she feels will make her climb up the ladder of fame.
This is because as a celebrity there's so more to your life than meets the eye.
Each of her marriages comes with a different level of experience, some with love and hurt, others with pain, heartbreak, friendship, complications.
When she breaks into Hollywood, she doesn't have a name, a degree, connections, but she's not the one to give up easily. She fights her way to the top.
Because people do not know the real Evelyn Hugo, and why she married seven husbands, she decides to tell her story, through a writer, Monique.
Evelyn reveals so much about her life, sexuality, and many decisions, some she's proud of, some she isn't. Some she regrets, some she holds strongly to.
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