Monique gets asked by the Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo to write a story about her. What she does not know, is that the appointment is not for “just” a story, but for Evelyn to tell Monique her life story to be put into a book after her death. While Monique is struggling in her own life she agrees to the deal. To write the book she spends many days with Evelyn telling her story about glamour, struggles and her seven husbands. During this time Monique starts to relate to Evelyn, but how will she feel at the end?
The book is incredibly well written and really shows the life in Hollywood during “The Golden Age”. Evelyn as a character is disturbing. On the one hand you want to like her, on the other you want to dislike her. Her actions, while often understandable, are very selfish and she learnt to put herself first very early on. Still a while after having finished the book I cannot say if I would be able to forgive her actions if I were Monique.
I highly recommend everyone to read the book.
