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Miss Benson's beetle : a novel / Rachel Joyce.
"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, to set 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 to a 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." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812996708
- ISBN: 0812996704
- Physical Description: 353 pages : illustration, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: Dial Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes Reader's guide and Questions and topics for discussion. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Female friendship > Fiction. Cryptozoology > Fiction. New Caledonia > Description and travel > Fiction. Beetles > Fiction. Voyages and travels > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 2 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County Library | FIC JOYCE (Text) | 33892100709956 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/08/2025 |
