A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this "whip-smart and divinely funny" novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times). Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect; and to 15-year-old Bee, she is her best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette vanishes. It all began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle -- and people in general -- has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence -- creating a compulsively readable and surprisingly touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
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Author: Semple, Maria
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780316415866
Details:
Author: Semple, Maria
Brand: Back Bay Books
Edition: Media tie-in
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 368
Release Date: 29-01-2019
Part Number: 0316415863_used
Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780316415866
