Bookn' with Friends: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Name: Bookn' with Friends: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Start: 2025-01-27T18:30:00-06:00
Location: 605 College St, Winfield, KS, United States, Kansas 67156

Schedule

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

605 College St, Winfield, KS, United States, Kansas 67156 | Winfield, KS

WPL's adult book club is jumping right into the 2025 Reading Challenge with "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, selected to meet the challenge topic "a book with a number in the title."
Join in the discussion on Monday, January 27 at 6:30pm! Copies of the book are available to check out at the front desk. Read on for a description from the publisher:
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.