{"product_id":"miss-bensons-beetle-rachel-joyce","title":"Miss Benson's Beetle (Rachel Joyce)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e| BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWOMAN \u0026amp; HOME BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR and A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect escape novel for our troubled times.' PATRICK GALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you're wishing you could be in a faraway land right now, but would accept the alternative route to New Caledonia via a deliciously improbable plot, wonderful characters, sparkling sentences, and too many belly laughs to count: have I got a novel for you.' BARBARA KINGSOLVER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003eEnid 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A girl's own adventure...This is Rachel Joyce's best book yet ...Exciting, moving and full of unexpected turns.' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant and elegant and wise...powerful and moving...I can't recommend it enough.' JOANNA CANNON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful portrayal of female friendship in all its frailties, contradictions and strengths.' RAYNOR WINN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWOMAN \u0026amp; 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Joyce's latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Homemade God\u003c\/i\u003e is out now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international bestsellers\u003ci\u003e The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePerfect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaureen Fry and the Angel of the North\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle, \u003c\/i\u003eand a collection of interlinked short stories, \u003ci\u003eA Snow Garden \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eRachel's books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The critically acclaimed film of the novel, for which Rachel also wrote the screenplay, was released in 2023.  \u003ci\u003eMiss Benson's Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize in 2021.  Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards New Writer of the Year in December 2012 and was shortlisted for the UK Author of the Year in 2014. In 2024 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kingston University.\u003cbr\u003eRachel has written over twenty original afternoon plays and adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4. She lives with her family near Stroud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65806191100253,"sku":"K087823810","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8782381000001A.jpg?v=1788471671","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/miss-bensons-beetle-rachel-joyce","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}