The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Category: Adults, Contemporary, General Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Fame Friendship Loss Love Theater
Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Mills
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
2018 Audie Award Finalist
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: June 13, 2017
Duration: 12:17:51
How I edited this book. The book has 69 chapters, none are numbered and some only a page long. Husband One only had one long chapter. I used a written text as a guide. Some are sound bites: Photo Moment, Sub-Rosa, News flash, etc., so I divided by husband plus an opening and closing part.
Alma Cuervo – Evelyn Hugo
Julia Whelan – tabloid voice, others
Robin Mills – Monique Grant
From Taylor Jenkins Reid, “a genius when it comes to stories about life and love” (Redbook), comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress’s relentless rise to the top—the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.
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 in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn’s life unfolds, revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love… Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn’s story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
This is a fascinating journey through the splendor of Old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it takes—to face the truth.
Standout performer Alma Cuervo, portraying the title character, Evelyn, excels in her understanding of the reclusive washed-up starlet. Desperation, anger, and love have all been part of Evelyn’s life, and Cuervo’s performance delivers them all. Robin Miles captures the vulnerability of Monique Grant, a writer plucked from obscurity to write Evelyn’s tell-all biography. Julia Whelan, in a sly, catty tone, voices the sounds bites of the tabloids that dogged Evelyn throughout her life, never leaving one bit of it untouched. The story is one of pure triumph and tragedy–an absolute must for fans of Old Hollywood. E.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
2018 Audie Award Finalist
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: June 13, 2017
Duration: 12:17:51

How I edited this book. The book has 69 chapters, none are numbered and some only a page long. Husband One only had one long chapter. I used a written text as a guide. Some are sound bites: Photo Moment, Sub-Rosa, News flash, etc., so I divided by husband plus an opening and closing part.

Alma Cuervo – Evelyn Hugo
Julia Whelan – tabloid voice, others
Robin Mills – Monique Grant

From Taylor Jenkins Reid, “a genius when it comes to stories about life and love” (Redbook), comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress’s relentless rise to the top—the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

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 in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn’s life unfolds, revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love… Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn’s story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

This is a fascinating journey through the splendor of Old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it takes—to face the truth.

Standout performer Alma Cuervo, portraying the title character, Evelyn, excels in her understanding of the reclusive washed-up starlet. Desperation, anger, and love have all been part of Evelyn’s life, and Cuervo’s performance delivers them all. Robin Miles captures the vulnerability of Monique Grant, a writer plucked from obscurity to write Evelyn’s tell-all biography. Julia Whelan, in a sly, catty tone, voices the sounds bites of the tabloids that dogged Evelyn throughout her life, never leaving one bit of it untouched. The story is one of pure triumph and tragedy–an absolute must for fans of Old Hollywood. E.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine