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. 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812996708
- ISBN: 0812996704
- ISBN: 9780593230954
- ISBN: 0593230957
- Physical Description: 353 pages : illustration, map, photograph ; 21 cm
- Edition: Dial Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes a reader's guide. "Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House UK, in 2020."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Female friendship > Fiction. Cryptozoology > Fiction. Hylurgus ligniperda > Fiction. Women's friendships. New Caledonia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels. |
Available copies
- 54 of 61 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 3 current holds with 61 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Mars Hill Library | FIC JOY (Text) | 30229101191848 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Joyce (Text) | 31010000737017 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F JOYCE (Text) | 39493110007707 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F JOY (Text) | 50503011258375 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F JOYCE (Text) | 34208900043836 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F JOY (Text) | 0020512700079 | Adult Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Bogue Banks | F JOYCE (Text) | 34208213215188 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Joyce (Text) | 72350000103281 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | FIC Joyce, Rachel (Text) | 0112522734813 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F JOYCE (Text) | 22281500146216 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
