BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM by Kate Atkinson

Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster, telling a woman that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above a pet shop in an ancient street below York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patricia aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian, who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...

Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the 19th century when a travelling French photographer catches frail and beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.

Soft cover, fairly good condition. The cover shows minor signs of wear. Pen inscription on the first page.