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Where’d You Go Bernadette

Sep

6

2019

Where'd You Go Bernadette audiobook

Behind the Audiobook:
Where’d You Go, Bernadette

From the Libro.fm blog It’s strange to call someone on the phone—someone you’ve never met—after listening to them speak for ten hours. It’s even stranger when that person turns out to be as wry as the main character in the book they narrated. We spoke with Kathleen Wilhoite, a singer and actress who played Liz …

Oct

14

2016

Semple Seahawks jersey

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

If people walked around with authors’ names on their jerseys there would be almost as many “SEMPLE”s here as “SHERMAN”s and “WILSON”s, and the stadiumful of Where’d You Go, Bernadette? fans (me included) will feel right at home in her new book, the story of a smart, snarky, somewhat unhinged woman careening through her adopted …

Sep

2

2016

Jim Lynch

Sailing Away with Jim Lynch

The boatbuilding family in Jim Lynch’s latest novel, Before the Wind, is imperfect and unpredictable, sometimes working together seamlessly, other times colliding and combustible, mystified by their differences. Josh, the protagonist and middle child, is the last to leave the crumbling family home, while his siblings range around the world and his parents continue in …

Nov

21

2012

Where’d You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple

“When Bobby [Tichenor, store owner, Annie Bloom’s Books], Will [Peters, store manager] and I [Mary Fellows] all love a novel, you know something unusual is going on. In this case it’s a funny, edgy, good-hearted send-up of all things Seattle, in particular a badly-located, upper-crust private school. But behind all the cleverness is a really touching, …

Nov

14

2012

PNBA’s 2013 Shortlist Announced

The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best books of 2012 by Northwest authors. These 12 books and their authors are the nominees. The PNBA Awards Committee is made up of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our region. This year they considered more than 200 titles published in …

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