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June 2021: Beach Reads
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, 4 stars
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Yes, Jessica, I definitely would like to see how they portrayed that old school/house, and her "Twenty Mile House" also sounded very interesting! I realize the book sort of reminds me of the Series of Unfortunate Events books that I read with my kids many years ago!
There are multiple narrators that tell their own piece of the story, and much of the story is told through their emails, news articles, documents. There is a sadness to the story too, but overall, it is quite funny as it presents the world and people around Bernadette, and some crazy events that are bizarre enough to be fun to read, but realistic enough to relate to the characters and events.
The book was made into a movie in 2019, which I'll now have to go find. (Although the movie only got moderate reviews.)