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4.1/5 Barnes & Noble Cover artist Keith Hayes Genre General-Fiction | 3.9/5 Goodreads Editor Judy Clain Language English Originally published 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 351 (In the 2014 paperback version) Page count 351 (In the 2014 paperback version) Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor Similar Maria Semple books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book review where d you go bernadette by maria semple
Where'd You Go, Bernadette is a 2012 comedy novel written by Maria Semple. The plot revolves around an agoraphobic architect and mother named Bernadette Fox, who goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica. It is narrated by her 15-year-old daughter Bee Branch. It is told in a series of documents (emails, memos, transcripts, etc.) with the occasional interlude by Bee.
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Synopsis
Bernadette, her husband Elgin (a famed and genius computer scientist who leads the design team at Microsoft for Bill Gates's favorite project) and their daughter Bee live in Seattle. Bernadette (a notorious former architect) grants her daughter's wish, a family trip to Antarctica, and gets enveloped in the plans. She does this as a coping mechanism because for years she has lived in a city she hates with a life she never wanted, and is just barely holding onto her sanity. After everything goes wrong, Bernadette suddenly disappears, leaving Bee to search through old documents and emails to try to find her mother. While doing this, she discovers her mother's troubled past.
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Film adaptation
Annapurna Pictures and Color Force acquired the rights to the film adaptation of the novel in January 2013, with Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber writing the screenplay, Semple, Bryan Unkeless, and Ted Schipper executive producing. Richard Linklater will direct the film. In November 2015, it was announced Cate Blanchett was in talks to join the film. It was later revealed that Holly Gent Palmo and Vince Palmo have taken over writing duties on the film.