Mikki is a settled-in-her-routines divorced mother of two, happily a mom, gift-shop owner, and co-parent with her ex-husband, Perry. Three woman who join together to rent a large space along the beach in Los Angeles for their stores-a gift shop, a bakery, and a bookstore-become fast friends as they each experience the highs, and lows, of love.īree is a friendly but standoffish bookstore owner who keeps everyone she knows at arm’s length, from guys she meets in bars to her friends.
Mundic, and the golden beetle are set on a collision course teeming with screwball comedic scenes deftly choreographed by Joyce.Ī hilarious jaunt into the wilderness of women’s friendship and the triumph of outrageous dreams. Once in the northern wilds of New Caledonia, Margery, Enid, Mr. Mundic is frequently waylaid on his mission to reunite with Margery by bouts of beriberi and violent, hallucinatory memories. A survivor of the Second World War POW camps in Burma, Mr. Mundic, a man Margery rejected as her assistant. But Margery and Enid are being followed by two shadows: Enid’s mysterious, possibly criminal past and Mr. Thus, two women too often discounted, one as an old maid and the other as a floozy, begin a very funny journey, indeed.
But once Margery succumbs to weeks of seasickness, Enid turns out to be the best friend Margery never knew she needed. After a series of curious events, she finds herself aboard the RMS Orion with one Enid Pretty, a shockingly blond woman in a pink suit who never seems to stop talking, much to Margery's dismay. In addition to packing up her apartment and collecting an impressive array of bug-hunting equipment, she places an advertisement in the newspaper for a French-speaking assistant, an ad to which only four people apply. Thirty-six years later, jobless and alone, she’s determined to have the adventure of her life and find that beetle.Īfter stealing a co-worker’s new boots in a fit of despair, and consequently losing her job as a teacher of domestic science, Margery finds herself eager to get out of England before the police catch up to her.
In 1914, when Margery Benson was 10 years old, her father showed her a book of magical creatures, none more fantastic than the golden beetle of New Caledonia.
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