Questions About Mrs. Everything

by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author)

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When the author writes about fashion/culture in the 1962 section of the book, she describes young women wearing bell bottoms, caftans, patchouli, going barefoot, etc.; the black young men sporting Afros and dashikis; and a rampant drug culture on college campuses. My question is this: In my part of the U.S., all of these would have occurred later in the '60s than 1962. What do others think about this?

Jt O'Neill Along this same line, when they are doing the high school production of South Pacific and, at rehearsal, Bethie is singing about how the corn is as hi…moreAlong this same line, when they are doing the high school production of South Pacific and, at rehearsal, Bethie is singing about how the corn is as high as elephant's eye -- HELLO???? That's not South Pacific. That's Oklahoma. No editor caught that?(less)

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Is it a coincidence that Jo and Beth are characters of similar description/disposition in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women?"

Kathleen K Jennifer Weiner answers this question in "A word from the author" at the end of the book. She called them "my own version of Louisa May Alcott's siste…moreJennifer Weiner answers this question in "A word from the author" at the end of the book. She called them "my own version of Louisa May Alcott's sisters..." (less)

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So in the beginning of the book the father works at a Ford plant and they get a new Ford every couple of years. All of a sudden on page 249 they talk of them getting a new Chevrolet every couple of years? Hmm..... So hard to keep reading this book. Feel like the story is going no where with just pages and pages of filler.

Suzy Watson I read the sentence with Chevrolet in it three times, thinking, “Huh?” I checked the acknowledgements to see if she had an editor to thank and indeed,…moreI read the sentence with Chevrolet in it three times, thinking, “Huh?” I checked the acknowledgements to see if she had an editor to thank and indeed, she did. That is an inexcusable error...but so are the myriad errors about late 60s culture that she transposed to the Kennedy era.
I am afraid this is our fate: Gen X and millennials don’t give a damn about accuracy. Why should they? They have been told from birth that everything they do is exceptional, no matter how mediocre it actually is. (less)

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What ever happened with the money Jo and Bethie extracted from Uncle Mel? It seemed like a big enough amount to help their mother get out of dire financial straits but nothing is mentioned of it. Nor is there anything about how the mother (Sarah) reacted to (1) Bethie's abuse by Uncle Mel and (2) how she reacted to the money infusion the girls obtained.