Miss Benson's beetle: a novel
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
511 pages (large print) : illustration, map ; 23 cm
Status:
MCPLD Central Large Print
Large Print Fiction JOYCE Rachel
Description
"She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship."--
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Large Print Fiction JOYCE Rachel
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Beetles -- Fiction.
British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Cryptozoology -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Hylurgus ligniperda -- Fiction.
New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction.
Women explorers -- Fiction.
Women naturalists -- Fiction.
British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Cryptozoology -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Hylurgus ligniperda -- Fiction.
New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction.
Women explorers -- Fiction.
Women naturalists -- Fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781643588636, 164358863X
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
General Note
Regular print version previously published by: Dial Press.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship."--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Joyce, R. (2021). Miss Benson's beetle: a novel. Large print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Joyce, Rachel. 2021. Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Joyce, Rachel, Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Joyce, Rachel. Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel. Large print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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