We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka
Georgie Sinclair's life is coming unstuck. Her husband's left her. Her son's obsessed with the End of the World. And now her elderly neighbour Mrs Shapiro has decided they are related. Or so the hospital informs her when Mrs Shapiro has an accident and names Georgie next of kin.
An exuberantly comic writer whose work is characterised by both great humanity and unusual charm * Evening Standard *
A witty, touching story about an unlikely friendship * Express *
Gorgeously funny * Independent *
Had me crying with laughter * Daily Telegraph *
Vibrant dialogue, a family in meltdown, a clash of cultures and wonderful cast of expertly observed charactersPure laugh-out-loud social comedy * Daily Mail *
Hilarious. A big-hearted confection of the comic and the poignant * Literary Review *
A big, bustling novel, told with enthusiasm by a narrator who is warm, winningly disaster-prone and, crucially, believable * Spectator *
Georgie is a lively, intensely sympathetic narrator ... brimming with warmth and busyness * Guardian *
Marina Lewycka is an instantly likeable writer, funny, intelligent and refreshingly generous in her assessments of people and their motivations. She writes about modern life so well. An extremely enjoyable read * New Statesman *
Uplifting. Lewycka's style is so appealing, so friendly * Sunday Times *
A truly engaging and funny book * Woman *
Lewycka is a good, serious writer with a strong, original voice * Sunday Telegraph *
A witty, touching story about an unlikely friendship * Express *
Gorgeously funny * Independent *
Had me crying with laughter * Daily Telegraph *
Vibrant dialogue, a family in meltdown, a clash of cultures and wonderful cast of expertly observed charactersPure laugh-out-loud social comedy * Daily Mail *
Hilarious. A big-hearted confection of the comic and the poignant * Literary Review *
A big, bustling novel, told with enthusiasm by a narrator who is warm, winningly disaster-prone and, crucially, believable * Spectator *
Georgie is a lively, intensely sympathetic narrator ... brimming with warmth and busyness * Guardian *
Marina Lewycka is an instantly likeable writer, funny, intelligent and refreshingly generous in her assessments of people and their motivations. She writes about modern life so well. An extremely enjoyable read * New Statesman *
Uplifting. Lewycka's style is so appealing, so friendly * Sunday Times *
A truly engaging and funny book * Woman *
Lewycka is a good, serious writer with a strong, original voice * Sunday Telegraph *
A very funny and touching story of a friendship and a mystery unravelled
* Woman & Home *
Marina Lewycka was born in Kiel, Germany, after the Second World War, and moved to England with her family when she was about a year old. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award. Her second novel, Two Caravans, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Two Caravans and Marina's third and fourth novels, We Are All Made of Glue, Various Pets Alive and Dead and The Lubetkin Legacy are all available in Penguin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241961834 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241961831 |
| Title | We Are All Made of Glue |
| Author | Marina Lewycka |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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