The Music Shop

Literature & Fiction

Rachel Joyce

Literary

Random House]

MISS BENSON'S BEETLE

Doubleday, Canada

WOMAN & HOME BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR and A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nShortlisted for the 2021 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE | BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL.\n'The perfect escape novel for our troubled times.' PATRICK GALE\nIt is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end 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.\nThis 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.\n'A girl's own adventure...This is Rachel Joyce's best book yet ...Exciting, moving and full of unexpected turns.' THE TIMES\n'Brilliant and elegant and wise...powerful and moving...I can't recommend it enough.' JOANNA CANNON\n'A beautiful portrayal of female friendship in all its frailties, contradictions and strengths.' RAYNOR WINN\nWOMAN & HOME BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020; DAILY MAIL BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020; BOOKMARK BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020; GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020

Miss Benson's Beetle

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Black Swan.

Perfect: A Novel

The Music Shop: A Novel

Pub Date: 2014-03-27 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Random House Publishing Group A spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon. Louise Erdrich. and John Irving. Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky. difficult realities of the adult world with far-reaching consequences.Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like any other: his school uniform draped over his wooden desk chair. his sister arguing over the breakfast cereal. the click of his mother &amp; rsquo;.. s heels as she crosses the kitchen But when the three of them leave home. driving into a dense summer fog. the morning takes an unmistakable turn In one terrible moment. something happens. something completely unexpected and at odds with life as . Byron understands it While his mother seems not to have noticed. eleven-year-old Byron understands that from no...

Perfect

Random House Publishing Group

Amazon.com Review An Amazon Best Book of November 2020: Miss Benson’s Beetle finds two unlikely explorers forging a profound friendship while on the hunt for a rare insect. Joyce’s delightful blend of madcap and moving, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure, is another reminder that the journey is often more life-changing than the destination. —Erin Kodicek, Amazon Book Review

Miss Bensons Beetle

DOUBLEDAY

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

1st UK signed limited edition. No dust jacket as issued. This edition comes in a slip case.

Genre Fiction

Transworld Digital

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry, an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story. When queenie hennessy discovers that harold fry is walking the length of england to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note to him had explained she was dying from cancer. How can she wait? a new volunteer at the hospice suggests that queenie should write a second letter; only this time she must tell harold the truth. Composing this letter, the volunteer promises, will ensure queenie hangs on. It will also atone for the secrets of the past. As the volunteer points out, 'it isn't harold who is saving you. It is you, saving harold fry.' this is that letter. A letter that was never sent. Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novella about a woman who falls in love but chooses not to claim it. It is about friendship and kindness as well as the small victories that pass unrecorded. It is about the truth and the significance - the gentle heroism - of a life lived alone. Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was just the beginning...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Windsor

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