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Bookshelf Treasures: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

When
21 Apr 2026
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Online

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Bookshelf Treasures

Featured book: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

This month we are looking for adventure and a beautifully written book that tells of an extraordinary quest by two ordinary women. We found this treasure for your total enjoyment. A school teacher and a spinster embark on an expedition to find a golden beetle. We are reminded that the journey is often more life-changing than the destination.

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.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM (Mountain Time)

Facilitated by Kaye Chatterton, Director of the CAW Wisdom Institute

Capacity: 15

We’ll be exploring a new book each month, with each session dedicated to a different title.

Next class: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Title: TBD

Published:

Email us with suggestions, croneawakeningwisdom.@gmail.com

Recommend purchase of used books from Ebay.com/ or your public library.