num_pages: 490
description: Older cover edition for ISBN 9780552996181. New edition here. Other covers sharing the ISBN can be found: here and here and here and here.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.
language: English
title: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
titlecomplete: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
characters: Ruby Lennox
genres: British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Coming Of Age, Novels, Family, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 39264
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
publisher: Black Swan