Hanover Library CatalogueMiss Benson's beetle / Rachel Joyce.
Publisher: Toronto : Bond Street Books, 2020Description: 337 pages : map ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780385681261
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- Women naturalists -- Fiction
- Women explorers -- Fiction
- Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction
- Beetles -- Fiction
- British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New Caledonia -- Fiction
- FIC JOY 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Fiction | Hanover Public Library Shelves | FIC JOYC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001200543 |
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"It is 1950. In a moment of madness Margery Benson abandons her sensible job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in 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. They must risk everything and break all the rules, but at the top of a red mountain they will discover their best selves. This is a story that is less about what can be found than the belief it might be found. It is an intoxicating adventure story, but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries."
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