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Where'd You Go, Bernadette: The New York Times bestseller, now a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett
Maria Semple
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A NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerShortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for FictionNow a major motion picture, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup'Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey' RED MAGAZINE
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.
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Praise for Where'd You Go, Bernadette: The New York Times bestseller, now a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett
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Extremely funny, often laugh-out-loud so ... with her penchant for unexpected twists and smart jet-propelled dialogue, Semple has a way of combining a technologically savvy, ice-cool wit with a stealthy ability to show gradually a character's warmer side - SUNDAY TIMESThe characters in BERNADETTE may be in real emotional pain, but Semple has the wit and perspective and imagination to make their story hilarious. I tore through this book with heedless pleasureA clever, witty page-turner with sparkling dialogue, some hilarious episodes and a heart that gradually melts - MAIL ON SUNDAY[A] deeply touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's place in the world. A seriously compulsive read - STYLISTIn what is at times a sad and painful tale about family dysfunction, black comedy waylays sentimentality . . . a witty, thrilling adventure about creation, destruction, the Antarctic - and the maternal bond - OBSERVERThe funniest book I've read in a decade. I laughed to the point of crying on an airplane. My wife thought I'd lost my mind until she read it a few days later - MARIE CLAIRE
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