{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum","title":"Behind The Scenes At The Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\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\u003eRuby 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\u003eBunty 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\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum, \u003c\/i\u003eyoung 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\u003ewinner of the Whitbread Book of the Year:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An astounding book...without\u003cb\u003e doubt 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\u003e a 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\u003e I'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\u003e I loved it.' \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Forster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 496 pages | Published January 1996\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986015142237,"sku":"9780552996181","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780552996181.jpg?v=1774494932","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}