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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Author: Marina Lewycka
When their recently widowed father announces that he plans to remarry, sisters Vera and Nadezhda realize that they must learn to put aside a lifetime of bitter rivalry in order to save him. The new woman in his life is Valentina, a voluptuous gold-digger from Ukraine, fifty years his junior, with fabulous breasts and a proclivity for green satin...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143036746
ISBN-10: 0143036742
Publication Date: 3/28/2006
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 101 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on
Helpful Score: 4
This has little to do with a history of tractors, and lots about the story of a widowed Ukrainian living in England, and the unraveling of his recent marriage to a "glamorous blond Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade...". Characters are memorable. Winner of the Man Booker prize. Have fun! Jo
ravencat avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A story of two sisters who must come together after years of disagreement to help their father from a disastrous marriage to a much younger woman who is labeled a goldigger. This was such a pleasant surprise to a wonderful story that had nothing to do with tractors and the characters are fabulous! Well worth the read!!
TinkerPirate avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 61 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This will sound strange, but this is a very delightful tale of an elderly widower who falls for a money-grubbing younger woman and how the widower's two estranged daughters finally come together to save their father. Really, it was a joy to read!
jaglvr avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 127 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
had a problem with the language and the style of the story, but i found the actual story content quite amusing and much better than i expected.
PinkyMac avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the story of two estranged daughters trying to save their father from a money-grubbing younger woman. The sisters finally come together in their effort and learn much about the history of their family along the way. They learn to accept each other as adults and to understand their father who is not just old but eccentric. It was not an easy book to read. The author jumps from present to past with passages of the history of tractors thrown in. I did like the characters and it was very funny at times.
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reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 15 more book reviews
Surprisingly a good book. Recommended by Adriana Trigiana, author of the Big Stone Gap stories.
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian isn't so much a treatise on agricultural machinery as family drama that is by turns comedic and poignant. Our narrator Nadezhda is the younger daughter of a retired engineer set on marrying a much younger, buxom Ukrainian woman to rescue her from the old country. To save her father from this potential gold digger, she must join forces with her sister Vera, with whom she had a falling out after their mother's death. I learned a bit about 20th century Ukrainian history (as did Nadezhda as flashbacks inform her understanding of her family's trials) and the British legal system along the way. It was a fun read from the list of 1001 books you must read before you die.
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A quirky, funny altogether enjoyable read.
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Funny. Winner of Wodehouse prize for best British comic literature 2005.
timsgirl79 avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 6 more book reviews
This book was great! A very funny plot. I found myself laughing out loud and turning the page!
Very good read!
I have already ordered other books by the same author...
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I thought this book was a great read espiecally for anyone who has had to worry about becoming the parent to their parents. It was funny and warm and I love the end. God bless all the Poppa's.
novelswapper avatar reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 16 more book reviews
Not my favorite genre, but this was interesting and provocative and some times very comical. The title evokes something entirely secondary to the body of the work, but yet, plays an integral part in the development of one particular character.
reviewed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on + 46 more book reviews
Thoroughly delightful and fun to read.
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A family story with interesting, well-developed characters. For some reason, I found the events hilarious.


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