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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

By: Marina Lewycka
Narrated by: Siân Thomas
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Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was 84 and she was 36. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.

Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must put aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth. But the sisters' campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets, uncovers 50 years of Europe's darkest history and sends them back to roots they'd much rather forget....

©2005 Marina Lewycka (P)2014 Audible, Inc Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty Comedy

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Critic reviews

"A charming comedy of eros... A ride that, despite the bumps and curves in the road, never feels anything less than jaunty." (Los Angeles Times)
"Lewycka is a writer with a fundamentally optimistic vision of the future and a healthy curiosity about the past." (Chicago Tribune)
"Charming, poignantly funny." (The Washington Post Book World)
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Entertaining book, superbly narrated. Easy to listen to with some very funny bits. Will definitely download others by author and narrator.

Entertaining

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I read the book several years ago and loved it. This Audible version is wonderful; apposite because of the terrible situation in Ukraine, and a delight because of the zany characters, and warmth of relationships portrayed. The narration is spot on. I will listen again in the future.

A Delight

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. An entertaining and amusing story, extremely well narrated.
it cleverly intwined a brief history lesson outlining the suffering and hardships of the Ukrainian people at the hands of communist Russian, without being heavy.
I highly recommend this Audible book

Highly entertaining

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12 out of 10 to Sian Thomas for fabulous narration.
The story has many interesting facts about tractors which surprise surprise are very interesting.
The humour being a combination of the story material as well as the skills of the narrator make this a very pleasant listen

Enchanting

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A laugh-out-loud tale, delightfully told, with great empathy and insight, into the strange dynamics of human interpersonal relationships. And tractors. I enjoyed every moment!

Exquisite

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this is real life in all it's glory and sadness! a really enjoyable read from start to finish

very amusing

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I specially enjoyed the narrating. It was a joy to listen to. So many different voices and accents!!

great writing, excellently performed,

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No surprise that it is not about tractors! A well presented family story. Funny in places, a good way listen

Entertaining

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beautifully written tale of a family with funny rich characters. Not nearly enough tractors for tractor fans.

Gripping and funny

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Loved this - funny family drama.Learnt a lot about the troubled history of Ukraine. Light and heavy at same time.

Fabulous!

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