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The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel / Taylor Jenkins Reid.

ISBN: 9781501139239 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1501139231
Physical Description: 389 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2017.
Copyright: &copy;2017.

Summary:

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn's life unfolds, revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love, Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. As Evelyn's story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.