I finished this book yesterday and cried when I turned the last page. I think it was Jennifer Weiner's best book. It spans decades in two sisters' lives during a time when women's rights were changing. However, women are still not finding themselves making as much as men. Women are still expected to be maternal. I may read this one again. It was THAT good.

This is a book all women should read! I am about 15 years younger than Jo but I lived through many of the same things. Or at least watched them happen. With the passing of time I had forgotten how much has changed in women’s lives. This book brought it all back. I loved the story and hope it resonates with everyone as much as it did with me. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc.

This story covers the lives of Jo & Bethie, from childhood to adulthood. A beautiful story of a family facing struggles & coming back together. I liked this book & could relate to parts of both girls, and cheered them on, hoping they’d find happiness. While the mother, Sarah, was less likable, she was a product of her time, and she meant well. I think she really did want what’s best for her girls.

I LOVED this book. I read it in one day. Except for the very last few pages (I wanted just a little more), I loved every word of this book. I could connect with every female character in some way and I loved following them from childhood to their later years. It felt raw, real, and so believable. This is one of the best books I read all year.

Right now, I want to sit down with Jennifer Weiner, look her in the eye, and tell her 100 things. I want to take her hand, to make sure she hears what I say, and tell her how she captured my growing up era. I'm a baby boomer; we all have stories we want to share, and we all think our stories are the most important. Maybe they are.

I finished this book not five minutes ago. The tears aren't dry yet. I don't do a synopsis but... this covers it all, from the perspective of two (fictional) sisters just a titch older than I. It's simply but extraordinarily well done. It's been four years since the last Weiner book, and I can see why. This has to be a true labor of love.

To Jennifer Weiner - I know I can't take you by the hand and tell you my 100 stories, so let me just say this, as simply but deeply as I can... thank you.

The depiction of drug use, as well as sexual abuse will be hard for some readers. I had to power through a couple spots; so worth the effort.

Mrs. Everything is about the relationship between two sisters. The book’s timeline begins when the girls are young and takes the reader through their entire lives, chronicling their ups and downs. I grew to really love the characters and felt this is one of Weiner’s better books.

Thank you to Atria Books for providing an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Jennifer Weiner has done it again. Loved this book from the start to the finish. I love a book that is good enough to successfully cover the lives from childhood to well into adult hood. Mrs. Everything is a must read.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Amazing! Jennifer Weiner does it again. This will be THE beach read of the summer. An extraordinary story of the ordinary and an empowering feminist message. Read this book!!!

I really wanted to like this book. I was so excited to read my first by Jennifer Weiner as I’ve heard nothing but good about her, but I found this to be a little lacking. I felt like nothing happened. I loved the ideas and the concept behind it but wished there was more excitement.

I had seen this book everywhere so when I saw it was on NetGalley as a Read Now, I immediately picked it, but to be honest, I didn’t even read the synopsis. Sometimes, going into a book cold is the best way to maximize the impact it can have on you.

This cover does not do any justice in conveying what an emotional roller coaster this book was. Following members of the Kaufman family, specifically sisters Jo and Bethie from 1951 to 2022, it was an incredibly ambitious novel, attempting to tackle many different issues, nearly everything under the sun. I found it a bit heavy handed at times on the social messaging, but overall it was a beautiful read.

I saw glimpses of myself in both Jo and Bethie, especially in how they related to their mother. This book made me feel emotions that reminded me of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and felt very similar in how much I connected to the main characters. Each character followed a natural and realistic progression based on what had happened to them throughout their lives and each felt like a distinct, whole person.

4.5 stars rounded up and a big thanks to the publishers, author and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Jennifer Weiner writes the most moving emotional real books.Bethie and Jo drew me into their lives from happy to sad to moving they came alive kept me reading not wanting it to end.Will be recommending to all my friends all fans will be excited to grab Jennifer’s latest. #mrseverything .#netgalley #atria,

I read half of this and then lost interest. I was intrigued by the characters and the nostalgia at first, but then it seemed to become too diched to enjoy.

"We lose ourselves...but we find our way back." from Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner is an emotional roller coaster about Baby Boomer sisters Jo and Bethie. Pop culture and political landmarks set the novel in specific times and places, beginning in 1950s Detroit. When their father suddenly dies, their mother Sarah struggles on her own, finding affordable housing and a job at Hudson's.

Jo was the rebel, resisting girly dress and activities and early becoming involved in Civil Rights protests. She also falls in love with her best friend Lynnette. Lynnette buckles under social pressure unable to accept her sexual orientation.

Younger sister Bethie was always the perfect Jewish middle-class girl, her mother's favorite. She becomes a victim of sexual abuse and begins to alternately binge eat and starve herself. She is in a school play with Harold, who is African American, but they do not act on their mutual attraction.

Jo goes away to the University of Michigan, meeting the love of her life, Shelley. Bethie comes to visit where she is picked up by an older, drug-dealing, man who turns her onto drugs and sex, beginning a long spiral of bad choices.

When Shelley elects to marry, Jo is devastated and allows a man to woo and marry her. She loves being a mom, but as the children grow so does the distance between Jo and her husband until he betrays and leaves her.

Passivity allows bad choices to take the sisters further from their true selves while misunderstanding and anger drive a wedge between them. Meanwhile, Jo's three girls grow up and her youngest, Lila, makes her own series of bad choices.

Their stories become a synopsis of women's history from 50s housewives to the women who juggle career and family to the last question of what kind of death to choose.

As entertaining as the book was, for a long time I was not sure what its purpose was until near the end of the story when Jo summarizes a woman's struggle between expectations and self-fulfillment, how we find ourselves far from our deepest truths and struggle to come home again.

I was offered a free ebook from the publisher through NetGalley. My review is fair and unbiased.

Note: The story takes place almost parallel to my own life and the cultural references were a trip down memory lane. We moved to the Detroit area in 1963 and I enjoyed all the references to the places and stores and radio stations mentioned. But...I take issue with one thing in the book--The sisters go to Suzy Q's for burgers. Burgers! It was known for its chicken! Why would they go there for burgers!

Calling all the ladies out there who are tryna be Mrs. (or Ms.) Everything 📞 I have a book for you!

Fun fact: Even though Jennifer Weiner is best known for her fiction, the first book of her’s I ever read was her memoir (Hungry Heart). Now I love reading her fiction because you can see the way her life influences her works. Mrs. Everything (coming out in June) is based on Weiner’s mother. It chronicles the life of two sisters, Jo, and Bethie, over the course of their lives. Like life itself, at times it was tragic, and at other points it was heartwarming. I really connected with the characters and rooted for them throughout the novel. Weiner did a great job of capturing the complexities of being a woman in all stages of life, and the impact of feminism since the 1940s.

I’ll state my bias upfront I would read a tuna can if Jennifer Weiner wrote , fortunately for me this was certainly no tuna can. This was a huge departure for Ms. Weiner and it was wonderful. Superficially it was a story of two sisters but in reality it was so much more . The tale of a generation of women who had more options then their mothers but so many fewer than we can ever imagine. This is an absolutely amazing book and I could not recommend it any more. Thank you to the publisher for providing this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you netgalley for a copy of this novel.

I really enjoyed this novel. It covered the lives of sisters Bethie and Jo from childhood well into adulthood. Many tough topics were covered (rape, interracial marriage, being gay in a time when it wasn’t accepted, divorce, unhappy marriages) and it all flowed smoothly until the end.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for an ARC of this title. I was late to the game with Jennifer Weiner, finding her with "Good in Bed," and then forgetting until another favorite, Jen Lancaster, referenced her. That brought me back, and now I make sure I don't miss a book.
This was an ambitious project for the author, because you are writing characters that have to change through decades (or not). The culture, their Jewish heritage, a woman's "place" and things that weren't accepted. My heart broke for some of the decisions and choices made. I loved the realistic and complicated relationships.
Heartbreaking at times, because they are true, to some extent, for all of us.
This book made me think back a few decades to when I was growing up and some things I probably didn't understand then, and only now have some perspective on.
Do not miss this book. I hated getting to the last page.

Jo and Bethie grow up in the 50's so there was a lot I could relate to. I laughed at many of the memories they had of family gatherings, roles that parents played in the family dynamics, etc. I've long been a fan of Weiner's so I knew this book wouldn't disappoint, and it took many a turn as each sister grew into her own woman--though certainly not the way they envisioned it. And of course being a family drama, there are many things to contend with--jealousy, grief, resentment, and most of all redemption. Spanning several decades, the novel shows the many sides of the characters as they come-of-age, grow, and learn from their mistakes--all the while instinctively knowing that family is the true heart of everything.

I've been a fan of Jennifer Weiner ever since Good in Bed saw me through a flu-addled collegiate spring break, so I was excited when I heard that she had a new novel coming out and absolutely ecstatic when I received an email offering me an ARC.

Mrs. Everything is the decades-spanning story of two sisters, Jo and Bethie Kaufman. The story follows them from their childhood in 1950s Detroit to present day and portrays the challenges and experiences they encounter as they navigate the changing landscape of what it is to be a woman in the second half of the 20th Century.

Weiner's strength has always been in her ability to portray the complexities of female relationships and Mrs. Everything is no exception. The Kaufman girls' relationship to each other and the women around them is central to the novel, but the examination of their relationships also achieves a bigger purpose. Not only do we evaluate these women's relationships with each other and the world around them, we also see their relationships with feminism itself and how it has shaped the expectations and lives of generations of American women.

Destined to be one of the summer's hottest reads and a perfect book club pick, I highly recommend Mrs. Everything. It's Weiner's most mature novel to date - a bright and ambitious tour de force that is hard to put down and impossible to stop thinking about.

I have loved Jennifer Weiner since "Good In Bed," and I find this latest book to be her masterpiece.

The book follows two sisters: Jo and Bethie (maybe a nod to little women?) through their entire lifetimes, and we see and vividly feel the girls grow up and become real people who struggle, succeed, and struggle again.

This book was awesome. Even though I had very little in common with either character and they are very different, I could instantly relate to both women. Their strife was palpable and so realistic, it was like being with your own sisters or best friends. And just like your own sisters, you sometimes disagree with their choices or want to shake them, but also never stop hoping for the best for them.

Beyond the deft storytelling and well-drawn characters, the attention to historical detail was amazing as well. There was so much research.

Jennifer Weiner is a powerful voice in fiction, and because she writes about women and issues that are relatable to women, her voice is often dismissed as "chick lit." That should end with this book.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

Thanks to NetGalley.com, the author and publisher for my ARC.