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001			on1200753501
003			OCoLC
005			20210129094728.0
008			201019s2020 nyua 000 1 eng
010			_a 2020006856
020			_a9780812996708 _q(paperback)
020			_a0812996704 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1200753501
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cFMG _dFMG _dOCLCO
050	0	0	_aPR6110.O98 _bM57 2020
082	0	0	_a823/.92 _223
100	1		_aJoyce, Rachel, _eauthor. _9107494
245	1	0	_aMiss Benson's beetle : _ba novel
250			_aDial Press trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Dial Press, _c2020.
300			_a353 pages : _billustration ; _c21 cm
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aFemale friendship _vFiction. _9107495
650		0	_aCryptozoology _vFiction. _9107133
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _9107496
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aJoyce, Rachel. _tMiss Benson's beetle _dNew York : The Dial Press, 2020 _z9780812996715 _w(DLC) 2020006857
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