Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple is one of the most original books I've read in years. Told from the point of view of Bernadette's fifteen year old daughter Bee, and written mostly in email correspondences, the book could have been nothing more than a gimmick that didn't really work.
However, due to Semple's wit and clever writing style, the story flows seemlessly through countless emails, memos, police reports etc. We meet Bee's mother, Bernadette, a brilliant architect who has been in hiding for the past 20 years, then literally goes missing in Antarctica.
The story is original, funny, entertaining and heartfelt. A surprisingly deep novel that captures the emotions of all three family members searching for something that has been lost.
Semple is a brilliant writer. I loved this book.
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