About this title: Kate Atkinson, winner of the Ian St. James award for her short stories, has written a first novel about the life of Ruby Lennox, a Yorkshirewoman, and her eccentric family. This novel won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1995.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780312150600ISBN:0312150601
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Unmarked pages. Cover and first few pages are slightly waffled. Differed cover from what's shown. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 333 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
ISBN-13:9780552996181ISBN:0552996181
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
ISBN-13:9780552996181ISBN:0552996181
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780552996181ISBN:0552996181
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"I really liked this book. I have read other books by this author, and have enjoyed them, too. This one is my favorite of hers, as well as being her first novel. The narrator is telling the story of growing up in a pretty dysfunctional family, and gives hints along the way about a surprise the reader finds at the end of the book. There is a lot of unhappiness in this story, as seen from the point of view of the narrator (through most of the book she is a very young girl), and it would be interesting to think about how the story would be told from the other characters' points of view (especially after finding out all that has happened to this family)."
"This is one of those books i just can't get thru. The first 100 pages had so many characters, brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, etc...Too many names and characters to keep track of. The second part of the book is way more interesting and funny when the character Ruby comes into play. The family is very corky and very colorful. However, i find myself never wanting to continue to read and finish this book. I also can't wait to get to read Soldier of A Great War or Middlesex. I realize that everyone seems to love this book, but this one does not keep me awake at night in bed and reading!! P.S. I finally put the book down without finishing it and started reading the Lost Diaries of Don Juan, and that is one book that I want to sink my teeth in right away and can't put down;-) I guess the British middle class stories laced with pudding and too many kids does not work for me too well!!"
"I read this entire book on the eternal flights home from my trip to South Africa and I really loved it. I read Kate Atkinson's book Case Histories a few months ago and was hoping to recreate that experience. This book didn't disappoint. It was similarly mysterious and clever, with an added dose of humor about middle-class British life in the 1950's/60's. I loved reading the stories about the main character's ancestors and seeing how they fit into the narrative. I definitely wonder about the author's own twisted family secrets after reading these two books!"
"I loved this book so much that I slowed down in the middle for fear of finishing it. That was probably a mistake because there are a ton of characters to keep track of and random things are always happening to them, and I'm sure there were a few witty twists that I missed. By the time I finished, I just wanted to start over again. Even though the story follows a tragic family, Kate Atkinson keeps her sense of humor and I caught myself laughing out loud during death scenes and mourning periods. Atkinson is really intelligent without ever being pretentious, and I get the feeling that reader enjoyment is her top priority. I think she just became my favorite writer."
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