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03072cam a2200481Ii 4500 001 2DCC364EAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20210503121523 008 201019t20202020nyuab b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020006856 020 $a 0812996704 020 $a 9780812996708 035 $a (OCoLC)1200753501 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c FMG $d FMG $d OCLCO $d TCH $d OI6 $d ILC $d OCLCO $d NBO $d OCLCF $d ZGR $d IHX $d OCL $d SILO 050 00 $a PR6110.O98 $b M57 2020 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Joyce, Rachel, $e author. 245 10 $a Miss Benson's beetle : $b a novel / $c Rachel Joyce. 250 $a Dial Press trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b The Dial Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 353 pages : $b illustration, map ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Includes reader's guide (pages 340-353). 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337). 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Female friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cryptozoology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hylurgus ligniperda $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New Caledonia $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Friendship. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Hylurgus ligniperda. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00965446 650 7 $a Cryptozoology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00884605 650 7 $a Female friendship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922609 651 7 $a New Caledonia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212756 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 $n 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240112134826.0 $n 10 952 $l KLPC566 $d 20210813154106.0 $n 10 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2DCC364EAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search