The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”

Description

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” is a novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, published in 2017. The tale narrates the glamorous as well as reclusive life of the fictional actress Evelyn Hugo of Old Hollywood throughout her reminiscence about her career, marriages, and personal issues. Based on themes related to love, identity, ambition, and sacrifice, here’s a summary of the plot:
The novel presents a quirky, elderly Evelyn Hugo sitting down to have an interview with some unknown journalist, Monique Grant. A legendary Hollywood star from the Golden Age, Evelyn asks Monique to write her biography under conditions that she would be told truths about her life that even she hadn’t uncovered yet. Alternating between the past of Evelyn and the present of Monique, the story develops as Evelyn talks about how she became a star, her volatile relationships, and the seven husbands she married during the course of her life.

Key Features:
Evelyn’s Seven Husbands:

Each marriage served a purpose—to marry for love, advancement in her career, or for damage control. However, the real love that she held until nearly the end of the novel was not any of those husbands but someone entirely.
Evelyn’s Real Love:

The greatest true love of Evelyn’s life is with Celia St. James, an actress fellow, which remained secret for the pressures and prejudices of the time.
Fame and Identity:

The novel is full of stories about Evelyn’s fixated ambition to become a star, her conflict with the Cuban-American identity she was born with, and how she compromised for the public persona.
Complications in Love:

Love in Evelyn’s life is complicated; deep love, friendship, and loss as such. This novel goes into the depth of how she seemed to have sacrificed for those whom she really cared.
Monique and Evelyn’s Relationship

As Evelyn’s story unfolds, it turns out her life had much more to do with Monique’s than she could have ever imagined, and when the shock finally rings within her, it shakes Monique to the very core.
Themes
Love and Sacrifice: What makes Evelyn’s life are the sacrifices that she had to make all her life for her career, for her true love, and for her friends.
The Price of Fame: The story of the price of being a celebrity, especially for women in Hollywood and during such an draconian time for societal expectations.
LGBTQ+ Representation: At its core, it’s an incredibly powerful LGBTQ+ tale, too, and one that shines light on same-sex relationships at a time when they weren’t allowed to exist in public life.
Empowerment and Choices: Evelyn is a multidimensional, empowered woman with control over her destiny, though the pricings are rather bitter.
“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” is a heart-wrenching, engaging exploration of love, fame, and what it really takes to live authentically, despite society’s throws.