A NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerShortlisted for the 2013 Women''s Prize for FictionNow a major motion picture, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup''Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey'' RED MAGAZINEBernadette Fox is notorious. To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she''s his hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled wife. To fellow mothers at the school gate, she''s a menace. To design experts, she''s a revolutionary architect. And to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, quite simply, mum. Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee must take a trip to the end of the earth to find her.WHERE''D YOU GO, BERNADETTE is a compulsively readable, irresistibly written, deeply touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter''s place in the world.