Set in London in the '50s, Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce delves into the journey of Margery. Margery's an unhappy, unmarried teacher, who eventually quits her job in the hopes of chasing her imaginative childhood dreams with her newfound friend, Enid. Despite the two ladies being vastly different in personality, they embark on a transformative quest to find the mythic golden beetle of New Caledonia. This novel describes an unlikely friendship against the backdrop of giddy adventure, making for a quirky, fun, and wonderfully offbeat fiction.