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Bernadette Fox has vanished. When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip. But worn down by years of trying to live the Seattle life she never wanted, Ms. Fox is on the brink of a meltdown. And after a school fundraiser goes disastrously awry at her hands, she disappears, leaving her family to pick up the pieces--which is exactly what Bee does, weaving together an elaborate web of emails, invoices, and school memos that reveals a secret past Bernadette has been hiding for decades. Where'd You Go Bernadette is an ingenious and unabashedly entertaining novel about a family coming to terms with who they are and the power of a daughter's love for her mother.
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flew through this one super fast. very quirky book with a sweet story. the way it was written was unconventional, but once you get the hang of it it makes more sense.
0Hilarious and heartwarming. Also I got into an argument with the bookseller, who insisted this was "chick lit." No, sir. Yes, funny you should ask, I do realize that's a real genre. (I worked at Harlequin for two years, I didn't say.) No, this book is not classified as part of that genre. Notice, for example, the Franzen blurb on the cover... and the seven pages of rave reviews and long list of "best of the year" list inclusions. But yep, you're right, it has a colorful cover and was written by a woman. Ergo, chick lit? Sigh.
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