The novel switches perspectives between Monique and Evelyn, being split into seven sections after the first couple chapters. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a 2017 historical fiction novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. What follows is a story about a life driven by one goal, the lengths to which one woman took to achieve it, and what loved ones she hurt to keep it. What they don't know are the circumstances behind the marriages nor of the woman beneath the carefully constructed persona of Evelyn Hugo. In terms of Evelyn's private life, the only true thing the public knows about her is that she was married seven times to seven different men.

Much like every other celebrity, Evelyn's life is a complex mixture of truth and lies. What Evelyn really wants to do is tell Monique her life's story and have Monique turn it into a biography, to be published after Evelyn dies. However, once she's actually sitting in front of Evelyn, the former actress confuses Monique when she swiftly reveals that she lied about her intentions. Though puzzled by Evelyn's insistence, Monique knows that this opportunity is far too good to pass up. The catch is that Evelyn wants be interviewed by Monique and only Monique the former star intends to take her secrets to the grave if Monique declines the offer. It's at this point in her life when she's given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the incredibly private Old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo is allowing herself to be interviewed in relation to a charity auction she'll be hosting soon.

While working for the magazine Vivant helps pay the bills, it hasn't helped Monique make a name for herself in the journalism industry. 'It's always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.'Monique Grant has been wallowing in obscurity ever since she graduated from college.

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