Taylor Jenkins Reid has a box office hit with this novel, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Somehow it missed my radar when it came out in 2017, so I really glad it was recommended for one of my book discussion groups. What a fun and enticing read. Once you pick it up you will not want to put it down, until all is revealed.
Evelyn Hugo has moved herself out of Hell's Kitchen in New York City and across the country to Hollywood to become a movie star. At the young age of 18 she reinvents herself and using every trick in the book she launches herself to stardom. Along the way she marries seven times sometimes for love, sometimes for fame and at least once get herself out of Hell's Kitchen. She breaks hearts and changes the way people view movies. Now she is at the end of her life, nearing 80 years old, alone in her New York apartment, having lost all her family and close friends. She has not been in front of the camera or done any interviews for decades. She contacts a magazine, requesting only Monique Grant, a new fledgling journalist to do a cover story on her donation to Chrisitie's Auction
House of her famous dresses for charity.
Monique Grant, whose husband has left her and whose professional life is going nowhere, is surprised by the request but shows up to find that Evelyn has a different plan in mind. She is going to give Monique the exclusive rights to her life story. Evelyn will tell Monique all the secrets, good and bad about her life, coming to Hollywood, all her seven husbands, and the love of her life. Also all the terrible things she did throughout her life to get ahead and keep her fans attention and love.
Wonderfully told, incredibly descriptive of the lifestyle and feelings of the motion picture industry. The characters pull you right in and leave you drained at the end. You can relate to Monique's reactions to Evelyn's story because you also are unsure of how you would react in similar circumstances. You have been totally pulled into the story.
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