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Miss Benson's Beetle

Miss Benson's Beetle

An Uplifting Story of Female Friendship Against the Odds

by Rachel Joyce
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/03/2021

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The bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry delivers an intoxicating adventure story about female friendship and having the courage to live your dreams, however unlikely they may be.

It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end 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 her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation. They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a red mountain, 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.

ISBN:
9780552779487
9780552779487
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-03-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
198x127x35mm
Weight:
0.5kg

"A joy of a novel, with real insight into the lives of women, the value of friendship and the lasting effects of war"
GUARDIAN

"Exciting, moving and full of unexpected turns...surely this is the one that will propel the intrepid Joyce off the long and shortlists into prizewinning territory."
THE TIMES

"Brilliant and elegant and wise...powerful and moving...I can't recommend it enough."
JOANNA CANNON

Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards ‘New Writer of the Year’ in December 2012 and shortlisted for the ‘UK Author of the Year’ 2014.

Rachel has also written over twenty original afternoon plays and adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4, including all the Bronte novels. She moved to writing after a long career as an actor, performing leading roles for the RSC, the National Theatre and Cheek by Jowl.

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