📖 peek insideWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
Bernadette Fox is a notorious, revolutionary architect turned agoraphobic mother living in Seattle. When she suddenly disappears before a family trip to Antarctica, her fifteen-year-old daughter, Bee, sets out to find her. Told through a series of emails, official documents, and secret correspondence, the novel uncovers Bernadette's troubled past and the creative spark she lost along the way. It is a sharp, funny, and touching exploration of the relationship between a mother and daughter and the necessity of self-expression.
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Notable Quotes
"That's right,' she told the girls. 'You are bored. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be."
"My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I'm going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I'm about to kick the shit out of life."
"This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb."
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