A tabloid article spreads the rumor that Evelyn would rather spend time with celebrities like Celia than start a family with Don. James strike up a mutually beneficial relationship: Evelyn will help Celia get noticed around town, and in return, Celia will give Evelyn acting lessons.

Monique reflects on the challenges of her parents’ biracial marriage and her father’s advice to find a job she loves.Įvelyn’s history picks up on the set of Little Women, which has finally started shooting. Meanwhile, in the present, Monique receives a package from Monique’s mother: a box of Monique’s father’s photographs from his days working on movie sets (Monique’s father died when she was a young girl). But a few weeks after their wedding, Don begins to physically abuse Evelyn. Evelyn stars in a few generic romantic comedies and falls in love with and marries Don Adler. To appeal to the widest possible American audience (Evelyn is Latina), Evelyn transforms her appearance by dyeing her hair blond, changing her name, and divorcing Ernie. After struggling to land roles that offer her more than one line of dialogue, Evelyn eventually exerts enough influence at Sunset Studios to convince Harry and Ari Sullivan, another producer, to cast her as Jo in an adaptation of Little Women. Eventually, a young producer, Harry Cameron, notices her and signs her to Sunset Studios. She has no intention to be Ernie’s housewife, however, and instead spends every day at a diner where she attempts to attract the attention of producers. When Evelyn is just 15 years old, she marries Ernie Diaz, a man in her Hell’s Kitchen apartment building, because she knows he’s moving to Hollywood, and she can escape with him. From there, the novel jumps back and forth between Evelyn’s past and Monique’s present. Monique begins interviewing Evelyn daily, starting with the subject of Evelyn’s first husband. Though Monique presses her for more details, Evelyn only tells her that she’ll understand everything once the interview is over. When Monique arrives at Evelyn’s apartment for the interview, Evelyn soon tells her that, instead of an interview for Vivant, she wants Monique to write her biography and sell it after Evelyn’s death. She throws herself into researching Evelyn’s life, most notably her seven husbands, and ends up with one burning question: “Who was the love of Evelyn’s life?” Monique leaps at the opportunity to distract herself from her separation from David, her husband. Neither Monique nor her editor, Frankie, can work out why Evelyn requested to speak to Monique, a lower-ranked reporter.

As she prepares to sell 12 of her most famous dresses at auction, she reaches out to Vivant, a prominent magazine, to request an interview with one of its reporters, Monique Grant.

Evelyn Hugo, Legendary Film Siren, Has DiedĮvelyn Hugo, a movie star of the 1960s and 1970s, is now 79 years old.

Evelyn Hugo Marries for the Seventh Time.

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