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“More than just a jolly romp with political undertones is the way it captures the peculiar flavour of Eastern European immigrant life.. . a very rich mixture indeed, as well as very enjoyable reading” (The Times)
"An amusing, astonishing debut . . . about how a family learns to let go of the past and live and love in the present." (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize : Winner 2006
Orange Prize for Fiction : Shortlist 2005
British Book Award : Winner 2005
With this novel, Marina Lewycka takes her place alongside Zadie Smith and Monica Ali as a writer who can capture the unchanging verities of family. A wise, tender, deeply funny novel about an eccentric elderly Ukrainian widower in England and the struggles of his two feuding daughters to thwart the voluptuous young gold-digger from the old country who sweeps him off his feet.
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- Paperback 336 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0141020520
- ISBN-13: 9780141020525
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2006
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Audio CD
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