The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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.

“She always made sure the bad was outweighed by so much good. I… well, I didn’t do that for her. I made it fifty-fifty. Which is about the cruelest thing you can do to someone you love, give them just enough good to make them stick through a hell of a lot of bad.

I knew he was always doing the very best he could with the pain he felt at any given moment. And this, however tragic, had been the best he could do. I