Social Event
PGIslanders Book Group
Miss Benson’s Beetle
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
February’s book group read is Miss Benson’s Beetle by New York Times’s bestselling author Rachel Joyce. Here’s a description:
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.
Available in Kindle format, audiobook, and paperback, you can purchase the book on Amazon or at these locations. Charlotte County Library’s copy is currently on hold.
We’ll meet at the PGICA at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, February 26 to discuss. Meetings are kept to an hour and we always welcome new readers, including men. Even if you don’t have a chance to read the book, but want to join in the fun, feel free to attend.
Joanne Collins is February’s host. Sign up by contacting Joanne.
Happy reading!
NOTE: The day is Wednesday, not the common past schedule of Mondays.