The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“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.”

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It's about Monique, a biracial reporter trying to get her big break, as she unravels the secrets of an aging Hollywood star & her seven husbands. Interspersed by Monique's reflections on her own life & career, the story takes us through Evelyn Hugo's past as a Cuban actress in 1960s Los Angeles & refuses to hold anything back—not the scandals, the sex, or the bitter realities of show business.

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one of the most heartbreaking f/f romances

”You imagine a world where the two of you can go out to dinner on a Saturday night, and no one thinks twice about it. It makes you want to cry, the simplicity of it. The smallness of it. You have worked so hard for a life so grand. And now all you want are the smallest freedoms. The daily peace of loving plainly.”

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It's an in-depth study of one of the most morally gray women in Old Hollywood & has a lot of heart, in addition to being able to address the racist, sexist, & heteronormative boundaries of society with such frankness & sincerity.

“I should have apologized and sent roses and stood on top of the Hollywood sign and shouted, ‘I'm in love with Celia St. James!' and let them crucify me for it. That's what I should have done. And now that I don't have her, and I have more money than I could ever use in this lifetime, and my name is cemented in Hollywood history, and I know how hollow it is, I am kicking myself for every single second I chose it over loving her proudly.”