Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Jonathan Franzen said of this book: “I tore through this book with heedless pleasure.” Me too. It’s been a very long time since I sat on the couch and read a book right through. It’s utterly charming, slickly written (she’s a TV writer and it shows) and gripping enough to keep you going right through. It’s the story of Bee, her father Elgie and her mother Bernadette who all live in Seattle. They have a dysfunctional relationship to put it mildly but it’s a loving one. And the book it all about the complexities of their relationships. It’s funny and surprising and while it’s not literary fiction, it’s certainly fantastic fiction!