Did you know?

• Taylor Jenkins Reid finished editing The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo a few days before giving birth.

• According to Reid, her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (1950s/’60s), Daisy Jones & The Six (’70s), Malibu Rising (’80s), and Carrie Soto Is Back (’90s) explore iconic eras through the lives of four famous women and "feel like a set."

• The novel has its own hashtag, #TheSevenHusbandsofEvelynHugo, which has more than 240 million views across the BookTok and Bookstagram communities.

• Daisy Jones and One True Loves will not be the only Taylor Jenkins Reid novels that we will see on screen—Seven Husbands is currently in development at Netflix, and Hulu is reportedly developing a TV series of Malibu Rising.

• According to Reid, the character of Evelyn Hugo includes influences from Old Hollywood legends Elizabeth Taylor, who was married many times; Rita Hayworth; and Ava Gardner, whose intimate conversations with a journalist are compiled in Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations.

What listeners said

• "I don’t know what exactly I expected—something light, an easy read. While it is an easy read, this story, or rather these stories, have such depth. Loved every minute of it. Don’t miss this!" —Maddy, Audible listener

• "I chose this book at random and it ended up surpassing my expectations. Characters were well developed. The story was complex, but well-rounded. Most times, you honestly felt as though you were watching from inside the story!" —Michelle, Audible listener

Quotes from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

• "You have to find a job that makes your heart feel big instead of one that makes it feel small."

• "Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it."

• "People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'You’re safe with me'—that’s intimacy."

• "But the truth is, praise is just like an addiction. The more you get it, the more of it you need just to stay even."

• "It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly."

Adaptations

Fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo have been asking for an adaptation for a very long time. After some back and forth, on March 24th, 2022, Netflix announced that they had picked up the production rights to Seven Husbands, with the author, Taylor Jenkins Reid, serving as an executive producer.

About the author

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is Back, as well as One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. She lives in Los Angeles.

About the performers

Julia Whelan is a novelist, screenwriter, actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator of more than 500 titles. Her performance of her debut novel, the internationally bestselling My Oxford Year, garnered a Society of Voice Arts Award. She is also a Grammy-nominated audiobook director, a former writing tutor, a half-decent amateur baker, and a certified tea sommelier.

Robin Miles is an acting and accent coach and Assistant Professor of Speech at the SUNY Purchase Theater Conservatory. She has recorded more than 400 audiobooks, including Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures and Cicely Tyson’s Just as I Am.

Alma Cuervo is an actress, known for The Peacemaker, Celebrity, and All My Children. Among her many beloved audiobook performances are Julia Alvarez's In the Time of Butterflies and Afterlife, and Jodi Picoult's Handle with Care.

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