Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Where'd you go, Bernadette

Where'd you go, Bernadette / Maria Semple 330 pgs.

Bernadette Fox is kind of a classic genius but she is kind of in a rut and maybe not having the best life right now.  She adores and is focused on her daughter Bee but the rest of her energies remain, shall we say, unfocused.  Over time, this can only get her into trouble...which it does.  She has a bit of a disagreement with her neighbor and maybe it is actually everyone.  She doesn't like living where she lives and she and her husband seem to be losing touch with each other.  So what is the answer to these doldrums?  I don't want to spoil anything but an exotic trip is a good start and a rushed exit is sort of required during the "intervention" that is being staged at her house with the hopes of getting her to voluntarily enter a "treatment facility".  No way that is acceptable to Bernadette so she goes on the lam with the unexpected aid of a former enemy.  This book is a lot of fun and hard to put down once you start.  Bernadette is a very interesting character as is her daughter.  This is the second book I've read this month that features employees of a recognizable high tech company...is this becoming a "thing" in literature?

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