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Marina Lewycka was born in Kiel, Germany, after the war, grew up in England and lives in Sheffield. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, 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 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 and Various Pets Alive and Dead are all available in Penguin.
A very funny and touching story of a friendship and a mystery unravelled * Woman & Home * Lewycka is a good, serious writer with a strong, original voice * Sunday Telegraph * A truly engaging and funny book * Woman * Uplifting. Lewycka's style is so appealing, so friendly * Sunday Times * 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 * Georgie is a lively, intensely sympathetic narrator ... brimming with warmth and busyness * Guardian * A big, bustling novel, told with enthusiasm by a narrator who is warm, winningly disaster-prone and, crucially, believable * Spectator * Hilarious. A big-hearted confection of the comic and the poignant * Literary Review * 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 * Had me crying with laughter * Daily Telegraph * Gorgeously funny * Independent * A witty, touching story about an unlikely friendship * Express * An exuberantly comic writer whose work is characterised by both great humanity and unusual charm * Evening Standard *
