Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)

A milestone anniversary edition of the award-winning best-seller follows the experiences of a girl who resolves to uncover family secrets against a backdrop of major events in the 20th century. By the author of Transcription. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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 YearA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearRuby 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.