Miss Benson's beetle : a novel
(Large Print)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
ISBN
9781643588636, 164358863X
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Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | LARGE PRINT JOYCE | Checked out |
Calumet City Public Library - Large Type | LT JOY | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | LARGE TYPE FICTION JOYCE, R. | On Shelf |
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | LARGE TYPE NOVEL JOYCE | On Shelf |
Oak Lawn Public Library - Large Type | LARGE TYPE FICTION JOYCE | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Beetles -- Fiction.
British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Cryptozoology -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction.
Women explorers -- Fiction.
Women naturalists -- Fiction.
British -- New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Cryptozoology -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
New Caledonia -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Paid companions (Household employees) -- Fiction.
Women explorers -- Fiction.
Women naturalists -- Fiction.
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
511 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781643588636, 164358863X
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
General Note
Regular print version previously published by: Dial Press.
Description
"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."--,Provided by publisher.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Joyce, R. (2021). Miss Benson's beetle: a novel (Large print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Rachel. 2021. Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Rachel. Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Center Point Large Print, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Joyce, Rachel. Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Large print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2021.
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