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NOVEMBER 9�17, 2021
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Lisa Britton
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THE OPENING ACT
RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What we’re into
‘MISS BENSON’S BEETLE’
AND THE HERMISTON
PUBLIC LIBRARY’S
BOOK CLUB
friendship, all the while trying to
accomplish their mission — fi nd-
ing a rare beetle, hitherto uncate-
gorized by British entomologists.
If you’ve ever had enough of
I feel a bit guilty for making
an unfulfi lling life and wished
this book my favorite, because
to escape, then you might just
I do not think it was written for
fi nd a friend in “Miss Benson’s
me. Much of the novel is about
Beetle,” Rachel Joyce’s 2020
female friendships and women’s
novel. I read it at the Hermiston
struggles in a patriarchal society.
Public Library’s book club, Book- As a man, I can sympathize and
minders, a few months ago. I love try to understand but I cannot
the book and the book club, and I relate. I think, if I were a character
recommend both.
in this book, I might even be a
First, the book…
villain, even though I would try to
In “Miss Benson’s,” a middle-
be otherwise. Through bumbling
aged woman is a disrespected,
or pettiness, I would probably be
unappreciated teacher in
a foil to the protagonists. This is
England. She lives alone. She
a bummer.
has never had a true romance,
Still, I love this book for its
or even experienced adventure.
adventure and its look into exotic
One day, however, she fi nally has cultures and times. I also love its
enough. She suddenly leaves her situation. When I wished to start
job, walking away from every-
a new life and have adventures,
thing to plan a trip to the other
this book was there for me.
side of the world.
Now, let me tell you about my
Not wanting to go alone, she
book club, which is also uplift-
befriends a second woman, who ing. There, I meet people I still
is strange and has a mysterious
barely know. Yet we share our
past. Together, the pair travel to
thoughts and feelings about life
foreign countries and form a tight as we also discuss a diff erent
book each month. We meet the
Library. I hope to see you there.
second Tuesday of the month at
— ERICK PETERSON, EDITOR,
HERMISTON HERALD
1:30 p.m. at the Hermiston Public
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