Jewish American Fiction Book Club: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Everyone is welcome to join the Fairfax Library’s online (Zoom) Book Discussion Group
* Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

For more information and a Zoom invite, contact Davo Knepler at nuevodavos@yahoo.com.

We will be discussing our selection: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman’s roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair; Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life.

As their lives unfold against the background of free love and Vietnam, Woodstock and women’s lib, Bethie becomes an adventure-loving wild child who dives headlong into the counterculture, up for anything– except settling down.

Jo becomes a proper young mother in Connecticut, a witness to the changing world instead of a participant. Is it too late for the women to finally stake a claim on happily ever after?