Title:
Mrs. Everything
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ISBN:
9781508251798
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Description:
14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.
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More Information:
https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781508251798
Summary:
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?