Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) - Softcover

Atkinson, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745138403 ISBN 13: 9780745138404

Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1997

Synopsis

Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...

Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.

About this title

Review:

'A blinding debut from a Yorkshire mother-of-two...straight-up simplicity veils the depth, poignancy and poetry of her story' -- Time Out

'An astounding book...without doubt one of the finest novels I have read for years' -- The Times

'Enchanting. It hops with sprightly omniscience from past to future and back again' -- The Sunday Times

‘Little short of a masterpiece...Fizzing with wit and energy, Kate Atkinson’s hilarious novel made me laugh and cry’ -- Daily Mail

From the Publisher:

Kate Atkinson's brilliant first novel, which won the Whitbread Prize against competition from Salman Rushdie and Roy Hattersley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0745138403
• ISBN 13: 9780745138404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448