Genre: Fiction / Satire
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company, 2013
Pages: 330
Rating: Highly Recommend
Synopsis: Bernadette Fox has vanished. While 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.
Review: This has been on my "to be read" list for quite awhile now. I was browsing the library's audio books and this one jumped out at me.
In a word, entertaining. In two words, entertaining and quirky. This audio was great, although I think it'd be pretty funny in print as well. The movie is due out in August. I actually think I'm going to watch it.
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