The Resource Miss Benson's beetle : a novel, Rachel Joyce, (text large print)
Miss Benson's beetle : a novel, Rachel Joyce, (text large print)
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The item Miss Benson's beetle : a novel, Rachel Joyce, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Note
-
- Includes discussion questions
- Regular print version previously published by: Dial Press
- Isbn
- 9781643588636
- Label
- Miss Benson's beetle : a novel
- Title
- Miss Benson's beetle
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Rachel Joyce
- Subject
-
- Cryptozoology -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large print books
- Large type books
- New Caledonia -- Fiction
- Nineteen fifties -- Fiction
- Beetles -- Fiction
- Women explorers -- Fiction
- Women naturalists -- Fiction
- Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction
- British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Joyce, Rachel
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6110.O98
- LC item number
- M57 2021d
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women naturalists
- Women explorers
- Paid companions (Household employees)
- Beetles
- Female friendship
- Cryptozoology
- British
- Nineteen fifties
- Great Britain
- New Caledonia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Miss Benson's beetle : a novel, Rachel Joyce, (text large print)
- Note
-
- Includes discussion questions
- Regular print version previously published by: Dial Press
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643588636
- Lccn
- 2020952823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1232227368
- (OCoLC)1232227368
- Label
- Miss Benson's beetle : a novel, Rachel Joyce, (text large print)
- Note
-
- Includes discussion questions
- Regular print version previously published by: Dial Press
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643588636
- Lccn
- 2020952823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1232227368
- (OCoLC)1232227368
Subject
- Cryptozoology -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large print books
- Large type books
- New Caledonia -- Fiction
- Nineteen fifties -- Fiction
- Beetles -- Fiction
- Women explorers -- Fiction
- Women naturalists -- Fiction
- Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction
- British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction
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