Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

Original title: Behind the scenes at the museum

first published 1996 Paragon, 1997 437 pages

The story of Ruby's own life is told in thirteen chapters, all written in the first person, documenting key periods in Ruby's life from 1951 to 1992. In between each chapter are (non-consecutive) flashbacks that tell the story from the point of view of one of the other (mostly female) members of Ruby's family—including her great-grandmother Alice, her grandmother Nell and her mother Bunty.

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Editions we hold

Behind the Scenes at the Museum audiobook · 2003 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780754055778
Behind the Scenes at the Museum audiobook · 2001 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780745167497
Behind the Scenes at the Museum paperback · 2000 · Picador USA · 9780312251741
Behind the scenes at the museum. edition · 1997 · Paragon · 437 pages
Behind the Scenes at the Museum paperback · 1997 · Picador · 333 pages · 9780312150600
Behind the scenes at the museum edition · 1996 · Black Swan · 381 pages
Behind the scenes at the museum edition · 1996 · Wheeler Publishing · 437 pages
Behind the scenes at the museum edition · 1996 · St. Martin's Press · 332 pages

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