伯纳黛特，你要去哪 – Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

我是比伊，今年15岁。我们家在西雅图，几乎具备模范菁英家庭应该有的所有条件：爸爸是科技天才，他在TED的演讲播放量排名第四；我被认为是天才儿童，成绩全A，还没毕业就有名校来抢我；妈妈伯纳黛特据说有辉煌的过去，但我现在只能列举出她的12种怪异行为。

她坚持我们要住在一栋破乱不堪、漏水、长满杂草的老房子里，她足不出户，将家事外包给远在印度的虚拟助理，还跟邻居杠上了……

再过两天，我们全家就要去南极旅行，出发前夕发生了一连串怪事，让伯纳黛特成为了小区里的危险人物。但最怪的一件事是，她居然在家里的厕所消失了……

不久，我收到惊人的真相包裹。虽然我一直以为伯纳黛特是我最好的朋友，但原来我从没真正了解过她。

When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip. But worn down by years of trying to live the Seattle life she never wanted, Ms. Fox is on the brink of a meltdown. And after a school fundraiser goes disastrously awry at her hands, she disappears, leaving her family to pick up the pieces–which is exactly what Bee does, weaving together an elaborate web of emails, invoices, and school memos that reveals a secret past Bernadette has been hiding for decades. Where’d You Go Bernadette is an ingenious and unabashedly entertaining novel about a family coming to terms with who they are and the power of a daughter’s love for her mother. 

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