Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
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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.
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More complex and interesting than I expected. Read in a day or two while on vacation; it's an excellent beach read, although your friends might make fun of you for reading in the shade instead of swimming under the sun. ETA: a friend recently pointed out to me some of the more problematic aspects that I unfortunately didn't notice/remember when I wrote this review. Will return to update.
Description
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.
Book Information
Posts
More complex and interesting than I expected. Read in a day or two while on vacation; it's an excellent beach read, although your friends might make fun of you for reading in the shade instead of swimming under the sun. ETA: a friend recently pointed out to me some of the more problematic aspects that I unfortunately didn't notice/remember when I wrote this review. Will return to update.