Former TV writer Semple wins raves with Seattle satire

NEW YORK, Sept 15: With only her second book, TV writer-turned novelist Maria Semple has won rave reviews with a withering, but ultimately affectionate satire of Seattle’s privileged set. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” is the story about the sudden disappearance and search for the brilliant, reclusive, anti-social and unstable mother of precocious 15-year-old Bee. (agencies)