Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250251503)

A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of award-winning, bestselling author Kate Atkinson's debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, a deeply moving and deeply funny family story of happiness and heartbreak

National Bestseller

Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year

Ruby Lennox begins narrating her own life at the moment of her conception and from there takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a girl determined to learn more about her family and the secrets it keeps.

Kate Atkinson's dazzling first novel, named the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year in England, is a darkly comic, deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness.

Author: Kate Atkinson
ISBN-10: 1250251508
ISBN-13: 9781250251503
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d

About the Author
Kate Atkinson is the author of multiple award-winning and bestselling books, including Transcription, A God in Ruins, Life After Life, Case Histories, Human Croquet, and Emotionally Weird. Her debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize in England. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.