Commons Community Book Club via ZOOM

Talk books with us! Read recent paperback bestsellers, bring your thoughts on the pick of the month, and share what else you’re reading with a friendly, welcoming group!
This Month’s Pick: “Miss Benson’s Beetle” by Rachel Joyce
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.
You can get it from the library, in person from our neighbors at Third Place Books, or order it online at ThirdPlaceBooks.com.
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