Ruby narrates her own conception, and the story gets weirder and sadder from there. Atkinson breaks all the rules and gets away with it, which is what good writing is all about. Not only does Ruby narrate her conception, but we are filled in on the lives of her ancestors in chapter-sized footnotes. Obviously things that Ruby could never know, but the reader doesn't care. It's good writing and it works.
There is even a mystery too, which is what you would expect from Atkinson. The solution is revealed in the climax.
Link to Amazon: Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel
[...] sense of humor. I love her humor and her writing. This novel is not as good as her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and very different from her murder mysteries, but worth a [...]
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