03189cam a2200325 4500 577432178 TxAuBib 20220711120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593339947 0593339940 47e94a2e-9062-4324-8dd9-d933b9e9d9e2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5340231 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Joyce, Rachel. Miss Benson's Beetle [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 332MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 332MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A beautifully written, extraordinary quest in which two ordinary, overlooked women embark on an unlikely scientific expedition to the South Seas.”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand   From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two women on a life-changing adventure, where they must risk everything, break all the rules, and discover their best selves—together. 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. Praise for Miss Benson’s Beetle “A hilarious jaunt into the wilderness of women’s friendship and the triumph of outrageous dreams.”—Kirkus Reviews. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-11 20:00:03. Stevenson, Juliet. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5340231-MissBenson'sBeetle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=47e94a2e-9062-4324-8dd9-d933b9e9d9e2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5340231-MissBenson'sBeetle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=47e94a2e-9062-4324-8dd9-d933b9e9d9e2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)