Marina Lewycka's 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 Orange Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award. Her other novels are Two Caravans, We Are All Made of Glue and Various Pets Alive and Dead. Marina Lewycka lives in Sheffield.
Lively . . . a joy to read
*The Times*
Insightful, witty and engaging, painting a picture of modern
Britain that will be at once recognizable and enlightening.
*Stylist ‘Book Wars’*
Entertaining and timely
*Evening Standard*
Laugh-out-loud . . . [an] appealing, entertaining social
comedy.
*Daily Express*
Warmth, kindness and inclusivity lie at the core of all Lewycka's
books, and are the keys to her popularity. [In The Lubetkin Legacy]
she offers a heartfelt message about the vital importance of
tolerance and community.
*Sunday Times*
Hilarious . . . strong characters, lively pace and general feelgood
tone . . . Don't leave it too long before treating yourself to this
satisfying, easy read.
*My Weekly*
Loved it to bits - it's so big-hearted, filled with such great
characters and such cracking jokes, and, underneath it all, so very
angry about the state of Britain today.
*Deborah Moggach*
If I could write something a tenth as funny as this I would die
happy.
*Emma Beddington, author of We’ll Always Have Paris*
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