num_pages: 332
description: A family saga chronicles a century of life as four generations of Yorkshire women move through two World Wars, coronations, secrets, heartbreak, and happiness, all seen through the eyes of an inimitable narrator named Ruby Lennox. A first novel.
language: English
title: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
titlecomplete: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
characters: Ruby Lennox
genres: Historical, Family, Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, British Literature, Mystery, Coming Of Age
ratings_count: 39281
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
publisher: St Martins Pr