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Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson, NYT Notable Book of the Year!

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ISBN
9780312150600

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312150601
ISBN-13
9780312150600
eBay Product ID (ePID)
671783

Product Key Features

Book Title
Behind the Scenes at the Museum : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, General, Literary
Publication Year
1999
Features
Revised
Genre
Fiction
Author
Kate Atkinson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-039787
Reviews
"Remarkable . . . A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years."--Ben Mcintryre,The New York Times Book Review   "Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that makeBehind the Scenes at the Museumsuch a smart and funny read."--The Washington Times   "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth."--Johanna Stoberock,The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!" --The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight."--Rebecca Radner,The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, "Remarkable . . . A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years."-Ben Mcintryre, The New York Times Book Review   "Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make Behind the Scenes at the Museum such a smart and funny read."- The Washington Times   "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth."-Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!"- The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight."-Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, Remarkable . . . A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years., "Remarkable . . . A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years."--Ben Mcintryre, The New York Times Book Review "Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make Behind the Scenes at the Museum such a smart and funny read."-- The Washington Times "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth."- - Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!" -- The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight."--Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, "Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make Behind the Scenes at the Museum such a smart and funny read."- The Washington Times   "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth."-Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!"- The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight."-Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, "Remarkable . . . full of thegrimness, grit, and grandeur of Yorkshire life . . . One of the funniest books to mcome out of Britain in years."--Ben Mcintryre, The New York Times Book Review "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth." --Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!" --The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight."--Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, "Remarkable . . . A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years." -- Ben Mcintryre, The New York Times Book Review "Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make Behind the Scenes at the Museum such a smart and funny read." -- The Washington Times "Startlingly original . . . A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth." -- Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times "Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental . . . What a triumph! What joy!" -- The Boston Sunday Globe "An effervescent, affecting delight." -- Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make Behind the Scenes at the Museum such a smart and funny read.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
A 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 Bestseller 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 B ook Review ).

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    I have 8 or 9 of Kate Atkinson books. Compelling character development with just the right amount of mystery. I'm reading in chronological order. Love the Jackson character in four of the books.

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