WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE | BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL WOMAN & HOME BEST
BOOKS OF THE YEAR and A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The perfect escape novel for our troubled
times.' PATRICK GALE '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 It 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. Enid 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. This 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. 'A girl's own
adventure...This is Rachel Joyce's best book yet ...Exciting moving and full of unexpected
turns.' THE TIMES 'Brilliant and elegant and wise...powerful and moving...I can't recommend it
enough.' JOANNA CANNON 'A beautiful portrayal of female friendship in all its frailties
contradictions and strengths.' RAYNOR WINN WOMAN & HOME BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020 DAILY
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OF THE YEAR 2020 Rachel Joyce's latest novel The Homemade God is out now.
