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  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  • A Novel
  • By: Maria Semple
  • Narrated by: Kathleen Wilhoite
  • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (17,208 ratings)

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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

By: Maria Semple
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Publisher's summary

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle - and people in general - has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence - creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

©2012 Maria Semple (P)2012 Hachette Audio

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Wonderful performance

Great book for anyone who has ever struggled with “losing ones self” after having children. Narration was stupendous!!! Wonderful performance, Kathleen Wilhoite!

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Great narrator!

Her singing voice was stunning, and she was amazing at all the characters.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

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Fantastic narration!

I have loved Kathleen Wilhoite's work as an actor for years, and was pleasantly surprised to see that she was narrating this book. She is perfect as Bee, capturing brilliantly the emotions of a complex and intelligent young teenager. She is also wonderful when voicing the other characters. One of my pet peeves with narrators, is that they sound so fake and distracting when reading other genders or accents. KW's narration is by leaps and bounds superior to most of what is out there. She really brings the story to life!

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hysterical reading by kathleen wilhoite

this is an uplifting story read with perfect comedic timing by kathleen wilhoite. thoroughly enjoyed.

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Loved it

One of the most unusual stories I have heard. The performance was great, the story very entertaining, even while half the time I was trying to figure it out (I usually stick to mysteries). Anyway, well worth the listen. Enjoy!

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Great storyteller

Kathleen Wilhoite did an amazing job at reading this novel, the different accents and singing “Holy Night”

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Don't put off reading...

Don't put off reading this heartwarming and hilarious book! I can assures, you won't regret your choice.

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This book has it all

First, the story is well executed, with lots of great call-backs that knit the beginning and end together in clever ways. I thought Kathleen Wilhoite's narration was an added bonus. She really brought the characters to life and made listening fun. The surprise for me was that I found myself emotionally invested, and at times, on the edge of my seat: What's going on with Elgin and Soo Lin? Would Bee find Bernadette? I recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun but intelligent read.

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Different

Unusual story and unusual format but I loved it. Funny, sad and crazy all at the same time.

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Love it!

I really loved Bernadette's character. I still think about her. The story is quirky and fun to listen to. I wasn't sure how I felt at first with the book switching from many different points of view, including the reading of emails, but it all came together and was actually easy to follow once you knew all of the characters. This is a book I am sure I will read/listen to again.

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