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  • Published: 1 March 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141921341
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

We Are All Made of Glue




Fabulous new reissue of the seriously entertaining third novel from the number one bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian and Two Caravans

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. This, however, is not a case of a quick ward visit: Mrs Shapiro has a large rickety house full of stinky cats that needs looking after that a pair of estate agents seem intent on swindling from her. Plus there are the 'Uselesses' trying to repair it (uselessly). Then there's the social worker who wants to put her in a nursing home. Not to mention some letters that point to a mysterious, painful past.

As Georgie tries her best to put Mrs Shapiro's life back together somehow she must stop her own from falling apart...

  • Published: 1 March 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141921341
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

About the author

Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka's novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian was long-listed for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and short-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. Subsequent novels include Various Pets Alive and Dead; Two Caravans; We Are All Made of Glue and The Lubetkin Legacy.

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Praise for We Are All Made of Glue

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 characters. Pure 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