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Miss Benson's beetle : a novel / Rachel Joyce.

By: Publisher: [Toronto] : Bond Street Books, 2020Description: 337 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385681267 (pbk.)
  • 9780385681261 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: Margery Benson's life ended the day her father walked out of his study and never came back. Forty years later, abandoning a dull job, she advertises for an assistant. The successful candidate is to accompany Margery on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty is not who she had in mind. But together they will find themselves drawn into an adventure that exceeds all Margery's expectations, eventually finding new life at the top of a red mountain. 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 and it is also a tender exploration of a friendship between two unforgettable women that defies all boundaries.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction (pbk) Kimberley Branch Shelves FIC Joyce (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36990002031367
Fiction (pbk) Markdale Branch Shelves FIC Joyce (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436003144067

Margery Benson's life ended the day her father walked out of his study and never came back. Forty years later, abandoning a dull job, she advertises for an assistant. The successful candidate is to accompany Margery on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty is not who she had in mind. But together they will find themselves drawn into an adventure that exceeds all Margery's expectations, eventually finding new life at the top of a red mountain. 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 and it is also a tender exploration of a friendship between two unforgettable women that defies all boundaries.

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