Book Log 2021 #57: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Told mostly by way of emails, journal entries, and other documents, this book tells the story of Bee, a teenager who takes it upon herself to find her agoraphobic mother Bernadette, who has overcome her fear and disappeared. As Bee searches, she learns more about her mother's past and her difficult interactions with parents of other kids at her school. Things come to a head with a planned family vacation to Antarctica, which Bee decides holds the key to the mystery.

I liked this book more than I expected. The epistolary approach matched well with the lifestyle of these one percenters, and allowing characters to depict their thoughts and actions in their own voice put their misdeeds in sharper relief when they eventually came to light. I kind of mentally connected Bee with the protagonist of Turtles All the Way Down, though I don't know that they have that much in common between looking for a missing adult.