{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum-the-award-winning-novel-from-the-bestselling-author-of-life-after-life","title":"Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe unforgettable, award-winning debut novel and modern classic from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as Dickens...outrageously funny...will dazzle readers for years to come' - HILARY MANTEL, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 her children - sensible and sardonic Patricia aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum,\u003c\/i\u003e young Ruby tells the story of 'The Family', from the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'An astounding book...without \u003cb\u003edoubt one of the finest novels I have read for years'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Little short of \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece...\u003c\/b\u003eFizzing with wit and energy, Kate Atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A really \u003cb\u003egripping\u003c\/b\u003e, emotionally satisfying family saga written with warmth and wit. \u003cb\u003eI've re-read it countless times\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A debut novel of \u003cb\u003eastonishing\u003c\/b\u003e confidence and skill...Acutely observant, overflowing with good jokes, it is the work of an author who loves her characters and sets them playing with gleeful energy' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eWritten so fluently and wittily that I sailed through it\u003c\/b\u003e as though blown by an exhilarating wind... It lifted my spirits enormously. \u003cb\u003eI loved it.'\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Forster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kate-atkinson-books\"\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Swan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780552996181\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Black Swan","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.50","offer_id":47912136638641,"sku":"SB-0552996181-C3","price":1.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47912136671409,"sku":"SB-0552996181-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0552996181.jpg?v=1789152063","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum-the-award-winning-novel-from-the-bestselling-author-of-life-after-life","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}