Summer reading 2012: 50 books that aren't 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

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'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' by Maria Semple

Release date: Aug. 14, 2012

Why to throw it in your beach bag: When architect, housewife and all-around awesome mom Bernadette Fox disappears, it's up to her 15-year-old daughter Bee to figure out where she went. Complicating matters is the fact that Bernadette was so agoraphobic she had an assistant in India who would virtually complete her most basic errands.

-- Jean Bentley, Zap2it
Jun. 20, 2012