This book centers, as the title would suggest, around Miss Margery Benson. Her life is a drudgery. Teaching is not fulfilling and a drawing one of her pupils does of her wakes her up to her reality. She basically implodes her life that day. Her last effort? A trip to New Caledonia to find the golden beetle that reminds her of the happiest times in her life. But first she must find the perfect traveling companion. She ends up with Enid Pretty, a young flibbertigibbet whose past is not at all spotless and who meets none of the requirements Miss Benson had advertised for. But, as often happens (especially in fiction), Miss Pretty is exactly what Miss Benson needs.
I didn't love the ending though, with this being a more literature-minded book, I guess I should have expected it.
Three and a half stars
This book came out July 23, 2020
Borrowed as ebook from Libby
Opinions are my own
