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Wo steckst du, Bernadette?: Roman (German Edition) - Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann, Maria Semple
Wo steckst du, Bernadette?: Roman (German Edition)
Bernadette Fox ist chaotisch, überfordert – und ungeheuer liebenswert. Ihr Ehemann Elgie, der neue Hoffnungsträger bei Microsoft, mag ihren Witz. Und ihre verrückten Ideen. Irgendwie auch ihre Unsicherheit, wenn sie mal wieder von quälenden Ängsten heimgesucht wird. Die anderen Mütter, allesamt... show more
Bernadette Fox ist chaotisch, überfordert – und ungeheuer liebenswert. Ihr Ehemann Elgie, der neue Hoffnungsträger bei Microsoft, mag ihren Witz. Und ihre verrückten Ideen. Irgendwie auch ihre Unsicherheit, wenn sie mal wieder von quälenden Ängsten heimgesucht wird. Die anderen Mütter, allesamt perfekt organisiert, halten Bernadette allerdings für eine Nervensäge. Verantwortungslos. Schließlich beschäftigt sie online eine indische Assistentin, die den Alltag für sie regelt. Zum Stundensatz von 0,75 Dollar reserviert Manjula den Tisch im Restaurant, erledigt mal eben die Bankgeschäfte und bucht den Familienurlaub in die Antarktis. Und für ihre 15jährige Tochter Bee, die kleine Streberin, ist Bernadette, na ja, eine Mutter. Bee kennt ja keine andere. Doch irgendwann beschließt Bernadette auszubrechen. Ihr wird das alles zu viel. Und auf einmal ist sie verschwunden …
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Format: kindle
ISBN: 9783641121600
ASIN: B00KG66GDS
Publisher: btb Verlag
Pages no: 384
Edition language: Deutsch
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it
5.0 Runaway....
Wow. So this book bounced all over the place and my brain still feels fizzy because there was a lot of things going on, but boy did I love this book! I loved Bernadette, Bee, their weird dog Ice Cream, and I loved the emails and letters between two women who I would have throttled if I ever met in r...
"So it goes."
"So it goes." rated it
4.0 Best Quirky Characters I've Met in a While
Well this was a fun indulgence with the best quirky characters I've met in a while. Bernadette, her family and the other characters in town were a trip. Her daughter may be one of the more wise teenagers I've met in books from a parent's angle. She also has devastatingly good taste in music, and she...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Bernadette Fox is a brilliant architect and semi-recluse who employs a virtual assistant called Manjula to handle most of her routine affairs and minimize how much she needs to interact with her fellow humans in Seattle. Bernadette's husband, Elgin Branch, is a renowned programmer at Microsoft know...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
At first I thought this was going to be a book that derived its humor from a character who didn't know what a pill she was, but it was much better than that one trick character joke. The world of this book is a little more saturated, a little more magical than the real world (maybe that's what being...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
At first I thought this was going to be a book that derived its humor from a character who didn't know what a pill she was, but it was much better than that one trick character joke. The world of this book is a little more saturated, a little more magical than the real world (maybe that's what being...
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