Don’t worry– this isn’t a scorching screed or a pitiful whine. It’s not even a calmly reasoned exegesis on the state of contemporary bookselling or contemporary poetry or (Lord help us) both. At least that’s not my intent. Lately I’ve been thinking about all the people over the years who unexpectedly stopped coming into my …
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple is our new go-to book for anyone who needs to get out of the doldrums, who needs a good belly laugh. A funny funny new novel by the author of This One is Mine, this rockin’ story takes on the PC world of Seattle (Microsoft, rampant blackberry vines, over-polite drivers, coffee shops on every …
After years of writing for television shows like Ellen, Mad About You, and the cult favorite Arrested Development, Maria Semple turned her focus to fiction. Her first novel, This One Is Mine, was an Indie Next pick and received rave reviews across the country, from the New York Observer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Her second …
“In Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, Maria Semple gives us a comedy of manners about the Emerald City that brings together everything we love about the television show Arrested Development (for which Maria was a writer), mixes in hyperactive modern parenting, adds a healthy dash of comedy about business culture, and tells the story of a mother and daughter …
