SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO
Taylor Jenkins Reid's bestselling novel centres on Evelyn Hugo, a reclusive screen icon who has spent decades guarding her past. Now ageing and ready to finally speak, she makes a surprising choice: Monique Grant, an obscure magazine journalist whose career has stalled and whose marriage has recently collapsed. Why Monique? That question alone is enough to pull you through the opening chapters. Summoned to Evelyn's lavish apartment, Monique listens as the star unspools decades of ambition, sacrifice, and a forbidden love the public never suspected. From her arrival in 1950s Los Angeles to her departure from the spotlight in the eighties (seven husbands in between), Evelyn's account is sharp, honest, and at times genuinely startling. What begins as a professional arrangement slowly shifts into something more personal. As the two women grow closer, it becomes apparent that Evelyn's history and Monique's own life are connected in ways neither could have anticipated, and the revelation, when it arrives, lands with real weight. Reid writes with warmth and pace, keeping the story moving without sacrificing its emotional depth. It's part Hollywood expose, part intimate character study, and the blend works beautifully. Heartbreaking in places, quietly triumphant in others, this is the kind of novel that's easy to start and genuinely difficult to set aside.
- Author: TAYLOR JENKINS REID
- Publisher: Washington Square Press
- Genre: Romance
- ISBN: 978-1501161933
- Pages: 400 pages