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People seem to RAVE about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books, this one particularly, so I picked it up to give it a try.

Evelyn was a Hollywood icon from the 1950s to 1980s and now, approaching 80 years old, is ready to tell all. Out of the blue Monique, a random magazine reporter with no apparent connection to Evelyn, receives a request from her to write her memoir.

The majority of the book is Evelyn narrating her life story to Monique, of her films, her scandals, and of course, her many marriages. Monique asks her early on who the love of her life was, and that will be revealed in time. But while taking down her story, Monique doesn’t quite understand why she’s been chosen to do the job.

A book that needs to fit in seven marriages, I was concerned it might just read as a sort of list – seven shorter stories tenuously tied together maybe. But it flowed seamlessly and was such an addictive read!