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DescriptionA deeply moving family story of happiness and heartbreak, Behind the Scenes at the Museum is bestselling author Kate Atkinson's award-winning literary debut. National BestsellerWinner of the Whitbread Book of the YearRuby 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). Promotion infoAn outstanding, exceptional, wonderful, and altogether quite brilliant Black Swan. AwardsWinner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1995 and Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1995 and Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1995. |