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, Mum. Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee's search for her mother reveals an extraordinary woman trying to find her in an absurd world.
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