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Author maria semple on the troubling aspects of twitter the author of whered you go, bernadette talks about how her own fishoutofwater experiences. Telling a story of a 50yearold womans personal crisis through the voice of a 14yearold would have been problematic had it not been for the injections of the emails and reports written by grownups. Booktrack edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience. From new york times best selling author comes another thriller that will captivate and enthrall you. Bernadette is wife to elgin elgie, and their daughter bee is a young teen just out of middle school. Whered you go, bernadette by maria semple, paperback. Books like whered you go bernadette read it forward. Whered you go, bernadette by maria semple is a novel about marriage and family, and it arrives wrapped in a vaguely erotic covera cartoonish echo of lolita, or maybe fifty shades of teal.
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