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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple

Start date: July 1, 2018

Finish date: July 30, 2018

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Oct 05, 2020 Matthew rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, book-a-book-club, mystery, humor, library, kindle

I have had this one on my radar for quite some time. I listened to the first few chapters with my wife several years ago, but I didn’t finish it. I didn’t give much more thought to it until I saw that a movie version of it was coming out. I figured before I watch the movie, I might as well read the book. So, I chose it for one of my book club’s September 2020 selection.

I was entertained, but it was just okay. It is a bizarre, very quirky story. The format is emails and letters, which I was okay ...more

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May 29, 2018 Divya rated it it was amazing

Amazing!
Social satire, mystery, relationships <3
Loved this book! If I ever did write a book it would be in the same vein as this.
There no similarities in the way Bernadette and I were brought up, nor in our lives but I could relate and connect on so many levels with her <3

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