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

When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life.

Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Doubleday Books

DOUBLEDAY

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

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

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