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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple

Start date: April 15, 2013

Finish date: May 14, 2013

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Jun 05, 2013 Ellen rated it it was amazing

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What a hoot! MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and cutting-edge architect gives up her career and follows her husband to Seattle where he works for Microsoft. She finds Seattle a bit inhibiting and Seattle doesn't know quite what to make of her. Their daughter Bee, is a successful student at a local private school and as her reward for doing so well, her parents have promised to take her to Antarctica. Then all hell breaks loose in this mad caper of a book which involves an intervention, a dentis ...more

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Jul 28, 2013 Becky rated it really liked it

After getting bogged down in other reads, I needed a light, quirky, comedic read. I certainly got it here.

Bernadette is either a genius or crazy. She is an introvert who wants nothing to do with her neighbors who are also parents of her daughter's private school in Seattle. The book is told from her daughter's point of view and over time we learn Bernadette was a brilliant, recognized architectt - but after some professional and personal disappointments, she becomes increasingly unhinged and an ...more

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