Maria Semple Book order

The new novel from Maria Semple, author of bestselling Where'd You Go, Bernadette and writer for hit US TV shows Ellen and Saturday Night Live. Meet Eleanor Flood, who wakes up one day determined to be her best self. Eleanor Flood is going to clean up her act, only change into yoga clothes for yoga, which today she will actually attend, and be a better version of herself. But then, as it always does, life happens. Eleanor's husband is missing, and their son, Timby, is wearing eye shadow to school and getting into fashion battles on the playground. (It's true that it's Eleanor's fault: She did put makeup in his Christmas stocking.) Just when it seems like things can't get weirder or more in the way of Eleanor's personal transformation, a graphic memoir called The Flood Sisters surfaces, and the dramatic story it tells reveals long-buried secrets and a sister to whom Eleanor never speaks. With all the artistic madness, genius plotting, and bold social observation that made Bernadette a hit, TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious and heart filled day-in-the-life romp filtered through Maria Semple's brilliant eyes.

Bernadette Fox nie cieszy się dobrą reputacją. Jej własny mąż, guru w środowisku Microsoftu, uważa, że jest niesłychanie uparta. Zdaniem sąsiadów i rodziców ze szkoły jej córki, przynosi hańbę miastu i szkole. Dla orłów designu jest genialną rewolucjonistką w dziedzinie architektury. Dla swojej piętnastoletniej córki, Bee, jest najlepszą przyjaciółką i, po prostu, mamą. Nagle Bernadette znika. Zaczyna się, kiedy Bee przynosi znakomite świadectwo i prosi o obiecaną nagrodę: rodzinną wycieczkę na Antarktykę. Ale nasilająca się alergia Bernadette na Seattle – i na ludzi w ogóle – wykształciła w niej taką agorafobię, że teraz w podstawowych czynnościach pomaga jej wirtualna asystentka z Indii. Podróż na kraniec ziemi może być więc sporym problemem. Żeby odnaleźć matkę, Bee zbiera e-maile, oficjalne dokumenty, prywatną korespondencję – tworząc wciągającą i wzruszającą powieść o niezrozumianym geniuszu i niezachwianej miłości córki do niedoskonałej matki. Gdzie jesteś, Bernadette? to światowy bestseller, pełna humoru cięta satyra na współczesną rodzinę, współczesne mieszczaństwo, na środowisko Microsoftu i informatyków w ogóle. Jest książką wyjątkową, wymykającą się wszelkim próbom klasyfikacji. Na nowo odkrywa zapomniany gatunek powieści epistolarnej. W dodatku autorka, scenarzystka niejednego popularnego sitcomu, potrafi bawić czytelnika od początku do samego końca.

A stranger's life hangs in the balance, and Dr. Charlotte Reese has the power to decide her fate. Working in the intensive care unit of Seattle's Beacon Hospital, Charlotte battles death daily, monitoring critical patients. One night, a Jane Doe arrives from a rural hospital, unconscious after a hit and run. As Charlotte and her team strive to stabilize her, the police search for the driver. Days pass, Jane's condition deteriorates, and her identity remains unknown. Charlotte is forced to make complex medical decisions that intertwine her fate with Jane's, challenging her professional detachment. She grapples with profound questions: Who is Jane Doe? Why is no one looking for her? Who should determine her fate if she doesn’t wake up? Charlotte also wrestles with the troubling notion of whether a life in a coma is worth living. With the help of her boyfriend, Eric, a science journalist, she embarks on a quest to uncover Jane's past. However, as they delve deeper into the mystery, their relationship faces strain. Ultimately, it is through confronting their feelings for each other and for life that they unlock Jane Doe's shocking secret and prepare for a miracle. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, this novel explores moral complexity and emotional depth.

"Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle--and people in general--has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence--creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world."--amazon.com.