Mrs. Everything: A Novel (Paperback)

from GirlWellRead

A special thank you to NetGalley and Atria books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Growing up in 1950s Detroit, sisters Jo and Bethie Kaufman lived in a picture-perfect house. Jo was a passionate tomboy, with a love of books; Bethie was the pretty, good girl, with aspirations of being ...

from brookiexlicious

It's been about a decade since I've last read a book by Jennifer Weiner. No particular reason, she's just one of many “casualties” in my ever expanding To Be Read list. But I am so happy that I was able to read this book, and once again be introduced to this author's voice. We are introduced to t...

from cherybear

A family saga based on the lives of 2 sisters, Jo and Bethie. (In reading reviews, I realized these are names of 2 of the sisters in Little Women!) They cannot be more different as children, or growing up. Chapters focus alternately on each sister. It's interesting how they weave in and out of ea...

from gypsysmom

I listened to this audiobook which had two narrators. That worked well as there are two sisters who are quite different so they really needed different voices. The two sisters are Jo and Bethie Kaufman. Their father died when they were quite young and their mother struggles to make ends meet whi...

from thewanderingjew

Mrs Everything, A Novel: Jennifer Weiner, author, Ari Graynor, Beth Malone, narrators The title of the book is a double entendre, since Misses and Mrs. are homophones. The use of one or the other of the words, changes the meaning of the title. “Misses Everything” drives home the trial and error a...