Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce will be published with DoubleDay books July 23rd. I am delighted to be sharing my review of Miss Benson’s Beetle today as part of the blog tour with Random Things Tours. What it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship Might be found it is an intoxicating adventure story but it is also about This is a novel that is less about what can be found than the belief it They truly are, and how to be the best of themselves They must risk everything, breakĪll the rules, but at the top of a red mountain they will discover who Of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist.Įnid Pretty, in pink hat and pompom sandals, is not the companion sheīut together they will find themselves drawn into an adventure that exceeds all expectations. In a moment of madness Margeryīenson abandons her sensible job and advertises for an assistant toĪccompany her on an expedition. To the other side of the world to try and find a beetle, and in doing soĭiscover friendship and how to be their best of themselves.īritain, post Second World War. It is 1950, two unlikely women set off on a hare-brained adventure
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