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Lewycka
Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukraine, Ukrainian origin. Early life Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. She attended Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough High School for Girls in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, then Henry Box School, Witney Grammar School in Witney, Oxfordshire. She graduated from Keele University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts, BA in English and Philosophy, and from the University of York with a Bachelor of Philosophy, BPhil in English Literature in 1969. She began, but did not complete, a PhD at King's College London. Career She was a lecturer in media studies at Sheffield Hallam University until her retirement in March 2012. Works Lewycka's debut novel ''A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian'' won the 2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing at the Hay Festival, Hay literary festival, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are All Made Of Glue
''We Are All Made of Glue'' is English novelist Marina Lewycka's third novel, published in 2009. The book follows the friendship of Georgina, a recently separated middle-aged freelance journalist and Mrs Shapiro, an elderly lady who lives with seven cats in a dilapidated North London mansion. Plot summary Georgina Sinclair is a freelance journalist, who makes a living contributing to trade magazines. Her main work is with the journal "Adhesives in the Modern World", which features articles about Epoxy resins and other aspects of gluing. After her lawyer husband Euripides "Rip" Sinclair walks out of the marriage, Georgina finds herself involved with elderly neighbor Mrs Shapiro, a 92-year-old Jewish emigre, who lives in a smelly and decrepit North London mansion. The house is a desirable property, and secondary characters including social workers and real estate agents seek to gain its sale for their own profit. Amidst the dark humour about aging and loneliness, serious issues ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |