"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
Little, Brown, US$25.99
Published August 14, 2012
What is it about?
Bernadette Fox is an odd bird. She lives in Seattle, and hates the city, including everyone in it. She promises her daughter a family trip to Antarctica, but then suddenly disappears before the trip. The pieces are put together for the reader through a series of emails, letters, and narrations by her daughter of what was going on in her life leading up to her disappearance.
Why are we talking about it?
Jonathan Franzen endorsed it (he "tore through this book with heedless pleasure"), and we weren't aware that he liked anything, so we felt inclined to pick it up. We now see why he enjoyed it so much, as it is shares similar themes with his own books (people feeling stifled/trapped by suburban life, the odd, annoying characters one encounters in the suburbs).
Who wrote it?
Maria Semple is the author of one other fiction title, "This One Is Mine." She used to do TV writing ("Mad About You," "Ellen," "Arrested Development") and has also written for The New Yorker.
Who will read it?
Fans of literary fiction, dark comedy fans, Franzen fans.
What do the reviewers say?
To find out, click here!
Little, Brown, US$25.99
Published August 14, 2012
What is it about?
Bernadette Fox is an odd bird. She lives in Seattle, and hates the city, including everyone in it. She promises her daughter a family trip to Antarctica, but then suddenly disappears before the trip. The pieces are put together for the reader through a series of emails, letters, and narrations by her daughter of what was going on in her life leading up to her disappearance.
Why are we talking about it?
Jonathan Franzen endorsed it (he "tore through this book with heedless pleasure"), and we weren't aware that he liked anything, so we felt inclined to pick it up. We now see why he enjoyed it so much, as it is shares similar themes with his own books (people feeling stifled/trapped by suburban life, the odd, annoying characters one encounters in the suburbs).
Who wrote it?
Maria Semple is the author of one other fiction title, "This One Is Mine." She used to do TV writing ("Mad About You," "Ellen," "Arrested Development") and has also written for The New Yorker.
Who will read it?
Fans of literary fiction, dark comedy fans, Franzen fans.
What do the reviewers say?
To find out, click here!
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