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02285aam a2200325 i 4500 001 DB1A0954AC9F11EBAF53C5C920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210504011201 008 200213s2020 nyua 000 1 eng 020 $a 164358863X 020 $a 9781643588636 040 $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d GCmBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Joyce, Rachel, $e author. 245 10 $a Miss Benson's beetle $h [book] / $c Rachel Joyce. 246 33 $a Ms. Benson's beetle. 250 $a Large print ed. 260 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c c2020. 300 $a 511 pages (large print) ; $c cm. 510 3 $a PW 08/30/2020. 510 3 $a Kirkus 09/01/2020. 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"--inside jacket. 650 0 $a Female friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cryptozoology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 0 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20210504020123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DB1A0954AC9F11EBAF53C5C920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search