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**We Are All Made of Glue**is the wickedly funny third novel from bestselling author 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.****
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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 and 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 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 much stop her own from falling apart. . .
'Vibrant dialogue, a family meltdown, a clash of cultures and a wonderful cast of expertly observed characters. Pure laugh-out-loud social comedy' Daily Mail
'Excellent, irresistible' Scotland on Sunday
'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
Bestselling author Marina Lewkyca has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her hilarious first novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian in 2005, which was the winner of the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction 2005, winner of the Saga Award for Wit 2005, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2005 and longlisted for the Booker prize 2005. Her other humorous novels Two Caravans (published as Strawberry Fields in the USA and Canada) and Various Pets Alive and Dead are also available from Penguin.
Lewycka is a good, serious writer with a strong, original voice
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
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