One morning, Miss Benson, a schoolteacher, decides to change her life and leave postwar London for the far end of the world in search of the amazing creature from the book her father showed her when she was a child. To carry out her plan, she needs an assistant, and the candidate who replies to her newspaper advertisement is the most unsuitable person for the role. Thus, two completely unlike women cross the ocean looking for the incredible golden Caledonian beetle, not knowing that along the way they will find far more than they were searching for. “If you want to change your life and change yourself—go on a journey.” A captivating travel novel by the widely known and beloved British writer Rachel Joyce. “Miss Benson’s Beetle” is a true balm for the soul—one over which you’ll both cry and laugh.