Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Updated: 7 Sep 2020
'Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey' Sam Baker, RED MAGAZINEShortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for FictionA NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerCOMING SOON: The film adaptation, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup Bernadette Fox is notorious. To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she's his hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled wife. To fellow mothers at the school gate, she's a menace. To design experts, she's a revolutionary architect. And to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, quite simply, mum. Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee must take a trip to the end of the earth to find her.WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE is a compulsively readable, irresistibly written, deeply touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's place in the world.
Actress, Entrepreneur
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The last book that made you laugh? A lot of women writers make me laugh: “Uganda Be Kidding Me,” by Chelsea Handler; “Bossypants,” by Tina Fey; “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” by Maria Semple; “Year of Yes,” by Shonda Rhimes.
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over 4 years ago
Maybe that’s why “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” is my favorite novel so far this year. It’s funnier than a season’s worth of “Modern Family,”  “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Justified” episodes;
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5 years ago
“My friend, Benita, recommended this one to me and Sarah. B is an avid reader, and knows that during the summer it’s nice to escape with a book that just makes you laugh. Guffaw, even. This is that book,” Meghan wrote.
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