Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel
Apr 2013 · Macmillan + ORM
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The acclaimed author's "startlingly original . . . poignant and beautifully wrought portrait" of a girl's growing awareness of her dysfunctional family ( The Seattle Times).
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets. Kate Atkinson's first novel is "a multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years" ( The New York Times Book Review).
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets. Kate Atkinson's first novel is "a multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years" ( The New York Times Book Review).
The acclaimed author's "startlingly original . . . poignant and beautifully wrought portrait" of a girl's growing awareness of her dysfunctional family ( The Seattle Times).
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from ther...
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Tawney CF
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April 16, 2014
I'm in the middle of a Kate Atkinson marathon, having discovered her with Life After Life, her latest.
Tom Suter
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July 27, 2019
I'm sorry it's over.
About the author
Kate Atkinson is the author of a short-story collection, Not the End of the World, and several critically acclaimed novels including Case Histories and One Good Turn. She lives in Edinburgh, UK.
Kate Atkinson is the author of a short-story collection, Not the End of the World, and several critically acclaimed novels including Case Histories and One Good Turn. She lives in Edinburgh, UK.
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