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Four generations of women in the Lennox family are seen through the eyes of Ruby, a young girl born in a pet shop in York, England

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"I exist!" exclaims Ruby Lennox upon her conception in 1951, setting the tone for this humorous and poignant first novel in which Ruby at once celebrates and mercilessly skewers her middle-class English family. Peppered with tales of flawed family traits passed on from previous generations, Ruby's narrative examines the lives in her disjointed clan, which revolve around the family pet shop. But beneath the antics of her philandering father, her intensely irritable mother, her overly emotional sisters, and a gaggle of eccentric relatives are darker secrets--including an odd "feeling of something long forgotten"--that will haunt Ruby for the rest of her life. Kate Atkinson earned a Whitbread Prize in 1995 for this fine first effort.
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Kate Atkinson was born in York, and now lives in Edinburgh with her two daughters.

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  • PublisherWheeler Pub Inc
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 1568953739
  • ISBN 13 9781568953731
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages437
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