{"product_id":"we-are-all-made-of-glue","title":"We Are All Made of Glue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are All Made of Glue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the wickedly funny third novel from bestselling author Marina Lewycka\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorgie 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Georgie tries her best to put Mrs Shapiro's life back together somehow she much stop her own from falling apart. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Vibrant dialogue, a family meltdown, a clash of cultures and a wonderful cast of expertly observed characters. Pure laugh-out-loud social comedy' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Excellent, irresistible' \u003ci\u003eScotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Hilarious. A big-hearted confection of the comic and the poignant' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A big, bustling novel, told with enthusiasm by a narrator who is warm, winningly disaster-prone and, crucially, believable' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bestselling author Marina Lewkyca has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her hilarious first novel \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eTwo Caravans\u003c\/i\u003e (published as \u003ci\u003eStrawberry Fields\u003c\/i\u003e in the USA and Canada) and \u003ci\u003eVarious Pets Alive and Dead \u003c\/i\u003eare also available from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32095800459347,"sku":"","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241961834.jpg?v=1764665129","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/we-are-all-made-of-glue","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}