Rachel Joyce Miss Benson's Beetle : An uplifting story of female friendship

WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE | BEST PUBLISHED NOVELWOMAN & HOME BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR and A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe perfect escape novel for our troubled times. PATRICK GALEIf youre wishing you could be in a faraway land right now, but would accept the alternative route to New Caledonia via a deliciously improbable plot, wonderful characters, sparkling sentences, and too many belly laughs to count have I got a novel for you. BARBARA KINGSOLVER It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her deadend job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation. They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a red mountain, discover their best selves. 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 but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries. A girls own adventure...This is Rachel Joyces best book yet ...Exciting, moving and full of unexpected turns. THE TIMESBrilliant and elegant and wise...powerful and moving...I cant recommend it enough. JOANNA CANNONA beautiful... | Rachel Joyce Miss Benson's Beetle : An uplifting story of female friendship