Linda
Tackling many important subjects, the story follows Jo a little more closely than Bethie, but they both have their chapters, and we follow their lives rather closely, even without being with them all the time.
Changes in society, from civil rights to LGBT rights, to women's rights, the story really touched me deeply. All the trials and tribulations women have to deal with in their daily lives were depicted, and most importantly were the relationships between sisters, and between mothers and daughters.
Mrs. Everything was a story I savored over several days, the writing brought some kind of melancholy to my heart, and I was filled with tenderness (and sometimes rage - on behalf of) for the characters.
Weiner managed to bring the decades of the past to life, and she also made her characters very well rounded out.