If you are looking for an entertaining novel to pass some time between all the stresses of the day try The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This is another book I even enjoyed as a re-read a few years apart.
Evelyn Hugo is an old world Hollywood movie star. Once the glamorous star of Hollywood, now a recluse in her dotage she decides she is ready to write her tell all biography. She chooses Monique Grant, a new young up and coming, unknown magazine reporter just starting out. Grant arrives thinking she will get a n exclusive magazine article to launch her career, instead Hugo tells her she wants her to write her life story. She will share just with Grant the story of her career, all the husbands she married along the way and why.
Grant is surprised and shocked, why her? Each day Monique listens to Evelyn weave her tale of ambition, fame, unexpected friendships and great love. Monique grows close to Evelyn as she spins her story out. The mystery of why she was selected to write the book and their connection intensifies as the book progresses.
The reader gets a great feel for the lives of such great movie icons as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Judy Garland. Childhood and innocence lost to the tough, competitive world of Hollywood.
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