![]() She’s unapologetically ambitious but not without remorse. Evelyn plays up her bombshell figure and hides her Cuban roots by dying her hair blonde-the first of many lies she’ll have to tell over the course of her life to prove to the world that she deserves her place in the spotlight. To write her off as being calculating and fickle would leave out the difficulty of being a woman, especially a woman of color, trying to get by in the late 1950s without a man’s blessing. ![]() Growing up poor in Hell’s Kitchen, young Evelyn Herrera trades her virginity for a ride to Hollywood, changes her name, and climbs the rungs of the entertainment-industry ladder one husband at a time until she hits Oscar gold. ![]() Monique Grant is stunned when Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo grants an exclusive interview to her over more seasoned journalists, but when she’s also chosen to publish Evelyn’s final confessions after her death, she learns that the 79-year-old actress has enough life experience for them both. ![]() An aging starlet with seven marriages behind her generously offers the rights to her memoir to an inexperienced writer-at a heartbreaking cost. ![]()
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