Want to Know Where Bernadette Went in the Namesake Novel? Here’s Your Answer
You might already be hearing some hype for next year's sure-to-be-successful flick Where'd You Go, Bernadette, which stars Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, and Kristen Wiig.
The film is set to be released in March and is based on the 2012 mystery-comedy novel by Maria Semple.
Can't wait to find out the twists and turns of the film, but don't have time to read the book? No problem.
Here's what you need to know about the novel.The narrator is Bee Branch, a 15-year-old who seemingly has it all: She's a straight-s student (for "Surpasses Excellence") who lives in Seattle with her genius parents.
Her father, Elgin, works at Microsoft on a robot featured in "the fourth-most-watched Ted talk" ever, and her mother, Bernadette, is a former award-winning architect.
But something goes terribly wrong: Bernadette disappears, and Bee is left trying to figure out just what happened.Bee traces the disappearance back
