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| Original Title: | Where'd You Go, Bernadette |
| ISBN: | 0316204277 (ISBN13: 9780316204279) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Bee Branch, Bernadette Fox, Elgin Branch, Manjula Kapoor, Audrey Griffin (Where'd You Go, Bernadette?), Soo-Lin Lee-Segal, Gwen Goodyear, Ollie Ordway, Kyle Griffin, Kennedy, Bee's friend, Dr. Janelle Kurtz, Warren Griffin |
| Setting: | Seattle, Washington(United States) Antarctica |
| Literary Awards: | ALA Alex Award (2013), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humor (2012) |
Maria Semple
Hardcover | Pages: 330 pages Rating: 3.9 | 446380 Users | 40919 Reviews
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| Title | : | Where'd You Go, Bernadette |
| Author | : | Maria Semple |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 330 pages |
| Published | : | August 14th 2012 by Little, Brown and Company |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Contemporary. Mystery. Audiobook. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Adult |
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Bernadette Fox has vanished.When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip. But worn down by years of trying to live the Seattle life she never wanted, Ms. Fox is on the brink of a meltdown. And after a school fundraiser goes disastrously awry at her hands, she disappears, leaving her family to pick up the pieces--which is exactly what Bee does, weaving together an elaborate web of emails, invoices, and school memos that reveals a secret past Bernadette has been hiding for decades. Where'd You Go Bernadette is an ingenious and unabashedly entertaining novel about a family coming to terms with who they are and the power of a daughter's love for her mother.
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Ratings: 3.9 From 446380 Users | 40919 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Truebluedah ♪ wrote: "Our family felt like it was better then the book, for once. π"Oh my. Though...if I recall correctly, you didn't like the book atUgh, this book. You see that one star rating? It earned the single star by being mildly engrossing. I know I usually use the word "engrossing" in a positive way, to convey that a book was compelling and interesting, fascinating and exciting. Here I mean that it was just, somehow, able to hold my attention. Not even interest, really, just attention. Somehow. I don't know how. Well I guess this is how: it was entertaining in a way, and it definitely had a certain readability about it. I'm kind of
I am completely mystified by the love for this book. I am DNFing at 25%, and it's not because of the epistolary writing. I am down for that if it's good. I just find it alternatingly unexciting and self-indulgent.So annoyed that I paid full-price for this on Audible because of the awesome reviews. Y'all suck....π
I am completely mystified by the love for this book. I am DNFing at 25%, and it's not because of the epistolary writing. I am down for that if it's good. I just find it alternatingly unexciting and self-indulgent.So annoyed that I paid full-price for this on Audible because of the awesome reviews. Y'all suck....π
What we have here is a satirical epistolary novel about a bunch of whiny one percenters in Seattle. Ms. Semple is sending up Seattle elites, which here seem to be typified by Bernadette's husband Elgie, a granola eating, public transport using, bike riding, Microsoft employee with a genius IQ. She also sets her sights on the students and parents of a Montessori-style preparatory school. I don't feel a particular need to explain what happens, because it's pretty well-traveled stuff. Where
THIS IS MY ILLUMINAE.By which I mean, This is Illuminae if I liked Illuminae, and also instead of being set in space it was set in the Pacific Northwest, and also instead of descriptions of camera footage and server readings it was emails and flyers and whatnot, and also it was the present day, and also instead of teeming with unnecessary romance and the same plotlines over and over it was actually funny and entertaining.Basically the only thing it has in common with Illuminae is the
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