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Author Joyce, Rachel, author.

Title Miss Benson's beetle : a novel / Rachel Joyce.

Edition Dial Press trade paperback edition.
Publication Info. New York : The Dial Press, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2041609~S1
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 95th Street Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    AVAILABLE
 95th Street Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    DUE 06-04-24
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    STAFF PICKS
 Nichols Adult Fiction  F JOYCE    AVAILABLE
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Description 353 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Summary "It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson--a sensible schoolmarm and lonely spinster--is just trying to get through life. But one day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and her tidy, circumscribed life, toset out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of an insect that may or may not exist: the golden beetle of New Caledonia, Margery's childhood obsession ever since her father gave her a book on cryptozoology right before he killed himself. The assistant Margery hires to accompany her, Enid Pretty, in her pink hat and pompom sandals, is not the companion she had in mind. But together they will find themselves drawn into an adventure that exceeds all expectations: a cross-ocean voyage toa remote island covered with dense jungle--the last place two proper British ladies would expect to find themselves. They must risk everything and break all the rules, but at the top of a mountain deep in the South Pacific they will discover their best selves. This is a charming, uplifting story about the power of belief in all its forms; it is an intoxicating adventure that explores what it means to be a woman; and it is a tender exploration of the transformative power of friendship"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Female friendship -- Fiction.
Cryptozoology -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780812996708 PAP
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