I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette as
part of my reading group and it is, without doubt, one of the
funniest books that I have read. I absolutely loved it.
At first glance, Bernadette Fox is wife
to senior Microsoft employee Elgie Branch and loving mother to Bea.
However, to the other mothers at Bea's school, Bernadette is
glamorous but unfriendly and even slightly crazy. When one of the
mother decides to google Bernadette, the only thing that she can find
online is an entry about a trailblazing architect who hasn't been
seen for over twenty years. Surely that is not the same Bernadette,
is it?
Everything seemed as normal as could be
in Bea's household until she asks to go to Antartica after getting
straight As at school. Much to everyone's surprise (even her own),
Bernadette throws herself into preparing for this trip. However, all
is not as it seems and when the illusive Bernadette goes missing, her
daughter Bea tries every to track her down. Told through a series of
emails, letters and messages, finding Bernadette also becomes a story
about finding who she is and what she is really afraid of. I loved
Bernadette's character with her outlandish theories and names for
people. I also found the character of Majula, the online assistant,
to be a brilliant if somewhat frightening addition.
I sat down to start reading this book
on a Saturday morning and literally did not move until I finished it.
It is a real feel good book with lots of laugh out loud moments with
my particular favourite being a hilariously timed landslide. I could
imagine this being made into a film.
Highly recommended and one of my
favourite books of the year.
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