Many thanks to Atria for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds. Man, I love Little Women. Hmm, what’s that? This isn’t Little Women. Well, you could have fooled me. This book read almost exactly like Little Women but not in a bad way. It wasn’t as though this was an exact copy. It was more like Jennifer Weiner took the framework and themes that made Little Women amazing and made it her own. I just love being immersed i...

"Please, God, or whoever's up there, please just give me enough time to make it right."For me, this was a 3 star read with a 5 star message, so I went with a 4 star rating. It's the type of book that you want to say so much about and also nothing at all. You want to say so much, because it's a very timely message and is being published at the most opportune moment. In a world in the midst of the #metoo movement and feminism on the rise, it's the type of book that women can rally behind and promo...

3.5 starsMrs. Everything is the story of two sister's lives from the 1950's to the present day. The book showcases the sister's different personalities, their similarities, their struggles, how they both changed over time, how they responded to their mother, how they responded to each other, how they came together, what drove them apart, their loved ones and their hopes and dreams. This is their journey through the times in which they lived, through their family, through their individual experie...

Two sisters spanning decades -- this is the story of their lives.Bethie & Jo grow up in the 60s in Detroit. Where they are raised in a home where their father worked while their mother took care of the house. We follow these sisters through each decade and all that comes with growing up. Times with rage, happiness and riddled with disappointments. You wonder if these characters will ever survive and be happy. It has been said that Weiner poured everything she had into her newest book. This has b...

“She wondered whether they would ever not try to have it all and do it all and do all of it flawlessly. Would the day ever come when simply doing your best would be enough?” Wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, aunt, caretaker, career women: Mrs. Everything attempts to cover it all. Spanning decades and told through the alternating narrative of two sisters, Jo and Bethie, who grew up in Detroit in the 1950s, Weiner explores the complex relationship between women, while at the same time,

The Beach boys, the Beatles, Bob Dylan....The Baby Boomers and Bell Bottoms.....We journey through the 50s and 60s right up to 2016... with sisters - (night & day opposites) - Jo and Bethie Kaufman. Sexual inappropriateness/family molestation, sexual -graphic experimentation between two women(a detailed-graphic sex scene was much more explicit than all the ‘sex-chatter’ combined in“City Girls”, by Elizabeth Gilbert), — which by the way, in my opinion, the author’s strongest scene - as it was the...

Addendum (6-26-2020): This book ended up as my #1 read of 2019.All the feelings, all the stars!Ms. Jennifer Weiner, I have emerged from under a rock and now know you are a superb writer. I have been meaning to read a Jennifer Weiner book for years, but never got around to it until now. Wow, apparently I have been missing some great reading. This book really resonated with me. It is the story of two sisters, Bethie and Jo, that takes place from 1950 to 2022. I connected immediately with Jo,(view

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I received an advanced copy of this book as a Goodreads giveaway. I've read almost everything by this author, and even traveled 5 hours one-way to meet her at a talk/book-signing event. I was excited to read this, but I really did not like this book. The problem for me was that most of the book seemed very cliched and it dealt with every type of serious issue you can think of under the sun. For me it was just too much. I would rather have seen this author have written several books, each one dea...

Josette (Jo) and Elisabeth (Bethie) Kaufman were sisters who came of age in 1950s Detroit. Jo is a tomboy, more comfortable in old clothes and running around playing sports, while young Bethie was content with being the pretty, talented one, the center of attention. Not much changed as the two approached their teenage years, much to their mother's chagrin. Jo became more outspoken in trying to understand civil rights and social justice, while Bethie starts understanding that her beauty gives her...

4.25 Stars“Mrs. Everything” by Jennifer Weiner speaks to the masses. In this day and age, it is both timely and full of heart! It’s a story about connections. Women who are mothers, sisters, wives, lovers, friends, supporters, heroes and oh so much more. Jo and Bethie are sisters and “Mrs. Everything” is their story. It takes place over the course of decades. There are trials and tribulations as each woman struggles and tries to be everything to everyone, including each other. As sisters, the re...

Mrs. Everything is a story about sisters, Jo and Bethie, a world that’s constantly changing, and their search to find their places in it. It begins in Detroit in the 1950s, where each sister faces different struggles, socially, and in their relationships with family and with others. Jo and Bethie find themselves drawn together to overcome challenges then drifting apart in their contrasting views. The story follows the pair from childhood to college, to their early adult years, then beyond, as th...

This book was EVERYTHING! So powerful, so emotional, so beautiful, so absorbing. I was completely invested from page 1 in these character’s lives, I did not want the book to end. This book spans five decades as we watch sisters Jo and Bethie figure themselves and the world out. From Detroit to Atlanta, from the 50s to the 2000s we watch these sisters and those they love navigate their way through this thing we call life. We see them succeed and fail, grow and stumble, love and lose, laugh and cr...

4.5 for bellbottoms and Beatles--but oh so much more!!What a great surprise! I thought I was signing up for some nice-and-light chick lit, but oh, was I ever wrong! We follow two sisters, Jo and Bethie, from childhood to seniorhood. Their lives are anything but nice and light, and I got pulled in immediately. There’s drama coming out their ears, yet it’s not gratuitious, overdone, or unrealistic. Weiner, who I’ve always thought was a good writer but definitely on the light side, created a more s...

4.5 starsI've read 4 or 5 books by this author and this one is my favorite. I loved how the story took place over the course of decades as it followed the lives of both sisters. I think that is such an effective storytelling method as it allows you to really understand the characters better as they experience the highs and lows of what life has to offer.Normally I write a bit of synopsis in my reviews but you truly don't need to know much going in. The story kicks off with sisters Jo and Bethie